> > Not a big deal, right?
>
> Yes a big deal. You just lost all your oids.
After I hit the wall with oids for the first time, I don't refer to them
anymore :) But yes, you're perfectly right, this is one more reason to have
DDL completely `automated,' ie no manual substitutions.And here the fact that drop column is rarely needed is a
double-bladed
sword. With things that you don't do often, you're at risk to forget
something essential and hose your data.
--
Well I tried to be meek And I have tried to be mildBut I spat like a woman And I sulked like a childI have lived behind
thewalls That have made me aloneStriven for peace Which I never have known
Dire Straits, Brothers In Arms, The Man's Too Strong (Knopfler)
