Re: ALTER TABLE modifications - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: ALTER TABLE modifications
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0311141556360.4276-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Re: ALTER TABLE modifications  (Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>)
Responses Re: ALTER TABLE modifications  (Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>)
Re: ALTER TABLE modifications  (Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>)
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Rod Taylor writes:

> The method is rename old column, add new column, move data across, move
> or reform dependencies, drop old column.

I can do this by hand.  If we have an explicit command to do it, then it
needs to preserve the table schema.  Else, this feature would be mostly
useless and a certain source of complaints.

--
Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net


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