Gaetano Mendola wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
>>
>>> I think a warning is missing if I create a table without OIDS that
>>> inherits from a table with oids:
>>
>>
>>
>>> don't you think a warning shall to be raised here ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Nope ... this is not different from the behavior for merging duplicate
>> column definitions. You get an OID column if the child table definition
>> *or* any parent table requests OIDs.
>
>
> Mmm, you are not convincing me, don't we break the principle of minor
> surprise?
>
> I mean if you duplicate a column name that column is present on the
> inherited
> table, but if I say: I don't want the column OID and I found it, this then
> surprise me.
Peter, what do you think about it ?
Regards
Gaetano Mendola
