On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just read that thread. In the beginning there is a short discussion what
> the non-astonishing behaviour of the RENAME in the case of multiple origin
> inheritance should be, which is preventing renames or any property change in
> that case. I think we should explore the possibilty of allowing the RENAME
> more.
If child inherits column A from parent1 and parent2, and it is then
renamed to B in parent2, what should the name be in the child after
the rename is completed?
For bonus points, how should pg_dump handle this to make sure the
state after a dump and reload matches the state before the dump and
reload?
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