Re: Alter or rename enum value - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Alter or rename enum value
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Msg-id 56E049CC.8010201@dunslane.net
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In response to Alter or rename enum value  (Matthias Kurz <m.kurz@irregular.at>)
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On 03/09/2016 09:56 AM, Matthias Kurz wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Right now it is not possible to rename an enum value.
> Are there plans to implement this anytime soon?
> I had a bit of a discussion on the IRC channel and it seems it 
> shouldn't be that hard to implement this.
> Again, I am talking about renaming the values, not the enum itself.
>
>


I don't know of any plans, but it would be a useful thing. I agree it 
wouldn't be too hard. The workaround is to do an update on pg_enum 
directly, but proper SQL support would be much nicer.

cheers

andrew



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