Re: renameatt() can rename attribute of index, sequence, ... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: renameatt() can rename attribute of index, sequence, ...
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Msg-id 603c8f071003110655g3fb44b01vf476118ba72f8775@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: renameatt() can rename attribute of index, sequence, ...  (KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>)
Responses Re: renameatt() can rename attribute of index, sequence, ...
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2010/3/10 KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>:
> Indeed, it is useful to allow renaming attribute of composite types.
>
> However, it is also useless to allow to rename attribute of sequences,
> but harmless, like renames on indexes. It seems to me it is fair enough
> to allow renaming attributes of tables, views and composite types...

I don't agree.  I think users should be allowed to rename things they
had a hand in naming in the first place (and index columns fall into
that category, since the names are derived from table column names).
But changing system-assigned column names for sequences or toast
tables is just weird.

...Robert


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