Re: plpgsql, rowtype and dropped columns - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Nigel J. Andrews
Subject Re: plpgsql, rowtype and dropped columns
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0306111740220.2332-100000@ponder.fairway2k.co.uk
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In response to Re: plpgsql, rowtype and dropped columns  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: plpgsql, rowtype and dropped columns  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk> writes:
> > Can it be that I'm the only one to have hit this problem that dropped
> > columns are still included in rowtypes?
>
> No, you're not.  This is a known deficiency.  AFAIR no one has come up
> with a workable solution yet.

Hmmmm...I don't remember seeing any messages about that. Sorry for the noise
[again].

I haven't looked at the code so I presume from that comment it's not as simple
as I thought it might be, i.e. there isn't a loop somewhere constructing a
tupleDesc where the isdropped flag can ge tested.


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Nigel J. Andrews


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