Hi,
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On tis, 2009-09-01 at 11:41 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Opinions? Other objects which could take \e?
>
> All of them.
Well, I'd vote against \e table. Are you going to propose the CREATE
TABLE statement and have magics to produce the ALTER TABLE that would
resort? I hope not, because in some cases I fail to see how you'd do it
(CREATE TABLE AS SELECT ... comes to mind, and CREATE TABLE ... (LIKE
...) INHERITS ...; too, let alone where to put the column and table
constraints: separate commands or embedded ones?).
So you'd propose ALTER TABLE ... and nothing more, and I don't see any
gain in that, but maybe it's just me.
Editing an index is interesting too, do you generate a DROP INDEX then
the new CREATE INDEX, do you add a CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY somewhere
in the mix, etc...
More generally, as said upthread, \e should certainly only be available
for objects we can CREATE OR REPLACE...
Regards,
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