Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>, Damjan Pipan <damjan.pipan@siol.net>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org, Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-03-07T17:40:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Is there any TODO's here?

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> > Taking it a bit further...
> 
> There are (at least) two distinct problems involved here.  One is
> getting plpgsql to deal correctly with rowtypes that include dropped
> columns.  The other is getting it to react when someone alters a table
> whose rowtype is relied on by already-compiled functions.
> 
> The former problem is just a small matter of programming in plpgsql;
> I'm not sure what the best way to do it is, but it's clearly just
> plpgsql's issue.  The latter problem calls for a ton of infrastructure
> that we haven't got :-(
> 
> 			regards, tom lane
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