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

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0207050240080.19948-100000@cm-lcon-46-187.cm.vtr.net
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In response to Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
Responses Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne dijo: 

I have a question:

> 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?

-- 
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>)
"Granting software the freedom to evolve guarantees only different results,
not better ones." (Zygo Blaxell)





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