Re: Support for Physical Column Reordering in PG - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Support for Physical Column Reordering in PG
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Msg-id 94575.1747593723@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Support for Physical Column Reordering in PG  (Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <srinath2133@gmail.com>)
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Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <srinath2133@gmail.com> writes:
> So is making a patch to have a sql command to reposition the column like
> other databases makes sense? thoughts ?

There have been multiple attempts over the years to separate
physical and logical column positions.  They've failed :-(.
You might trawl the mail list archives for awhile to understand the
problem better.  Maybe a determined person could write a successful
patch, but don't underestimate the complexity and risk of introducing
new bugs.

            regards, tom lane



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