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 GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOCEPNCCAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@atentus.com>)
Responses Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@atentus.com>)
Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> > 2. What should I do about inheritance?  I'm going to implement 
> it, but are
> > there issues?  It will basically drop the column with the same 
> name in all
> > child tables.  Is that correct behaviour?
> 
> What happens if I drop an inherited column in a child table?  Maybe it
> works, but what happens when I SELECT the column in the parent table?

I don't know?  Tom?

Well, what happens if you rename a column in a child table?  Same problem?

Chris





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