Re: [HACKERS] Well, then you keep your darn columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Well, then you keep your darn columns
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.21.0001241622250.79710-100000@thelab.hub.org
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Well, then you keep your darn columns  (Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com>)
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Re: [HACKERS] Well, then you keep your darn columns
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Don Baccus wrote:

> At 03:44 PM 1/24/00 -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> >Oh, there is a second drawback to it though ...
> >
> >DROP COLUMN name
> >ADD COLUMN name <of a different type>
> >
> >Then what? :(
> 
> I don't understand...the idea is to make the old column name
> invisible, and therefore "add column" won't see it either.

so the pg_* file that maintains the 'fields' in a table would have two
fields of the same name, one enabled, one disabled?

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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