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Re: [HACKERS] Updating column on row update

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>, Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com>, PGSQL Mailing List <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>
Date: 2009-11-24T18:34:22Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general 
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> But actually I thought we had more or less concluded that CREATE OR
>> REPLACE LANGUAGE would be acceptable (perhaps only if it's given
>> without any extra args?).

> I'm not sure there's any value in that restriction - seems more
> confusing than helpful.

The point would be to reduce the risk that you're changing the language
definition in a surprising way.  Extra args would imply that you're
trying to install a non-default definition of the language.

			regards, tom lane