Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN
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Msg-id GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOCEPJCCAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  (Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.ca>)
Responses Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  (Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.ca>)
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> > We could change pg_attribute to another name, and create a view called
> > pg_attribute that never returned isdropped columns to the client.  That
> > would allow clients to work cleanly, and the server to work cleanly.
>
> Another case where having an informational schema would eliminate the
> whole argument -- as the clients wouldn't need to touch the system
> tables.

Since postgres has so many features that standard SQL doesn't have (eg.
custom operators), how are they going to be shown in the information schema?

Chris





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