Re: [HACKERS] Happy column dropping - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hannu Krosing
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Happy column dropping
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Msg-id 388B7E6D.622A8C62@tm.ee
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Happy column dropping  (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Happy column dropping
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Don Baccus wrote:
> 
> At 12:04 AM 1/24/00 +0200, Hannu Krosing wrote:
> 
> >It could possibly be done by marking the column deleted and doing the
> >compression/renumbering during vacuum , or by locking the table and
> >compressing each page in-place if space is a concern or maybe several
> >other ways.
> >The existence of several ways to do it should not discourage people
> >from actually adding the drop column feature to postgres
> 
> It should provide even more encouragement to discuss the proposed
> implementation *first*.

Judging from the length of this thread it is much more effective to get 
a discussion *after* ;)

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Hannu


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