Re: Dropping fields - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Doug McNaught
Subject Re: Dropping fields
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Msg-id m3el7phkx3.fsf@varsoon.wireboard.com
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In response to Re: Dropping fields  ("Robert Fitzpatrick" <robert@webtent.com>)
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"Robert Fitzpatrick" <robert@webtent.com> writes:

> >
> > Fix your application to ignore pg_attribute rows where
> > attisdropped is true.
> >
>
> So, PostgreSQL 7.3.x now holds all dropped fields information? What is
> the purpose?

It's the way column dropping is implemented.  You couldn't drop
columns at all before 7.3.

-Doug

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