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From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: pgsql/src backend/catalog/dependency.c backend ...
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Msg-id GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOKECKCDAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: pgsql/src backend/catalog/dependency.c backend ...  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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I presume I still have to manually set atthasdef to false tho, right?

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2002 12:05 PM
> To: Christopher Kings-Lynne
> Cc: pgsql-committers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql/src backend/catalog/dependency.c backend
> ...
>
>
> "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> > Does this mean I no longer have to worry about removing the
> column default
> > when dropping a column?
>
> It'll happen for free if you do the DROP properly, ie, through
> performDeletion.  Fairly shortly, constraints, indexes, and so forth
> that depend on the column will also go away automatically.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>


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