Re: ALTER TABLE TODO items
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@svr1.postgresql.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-05-05T15:38:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Stephen Frost wrote: > > I don't think so. As I remember it was part of doing logical attribute > > numbers as a way to add ALTER COLUMN TYPE, but because we now use table > > recreate to implement this, it is unlikely we will ever add logical > > attribute numbers (adds too much complexity to the code). > > Does using table recreate break views built against the table? I recall > someone saying the old way did, it would be very nice if that could be > fixed or at least added to the TODO. I like the idea of being able to > alter the positions of the columns too, but that's not as big of an > issue as breaking views. Yea, I think it will break views. You have to recreate them. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073