Re: drop if exists remainder
Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
Date: 2006-02-05T16:15:42Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote: >Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes: > > >>Here's a first draft patch for DROP ... IF EXISTS for the remaining >>cases, namely: LANGUAGE, TABLESPACE, TRIGGER OPERATOR CLASS, FUNCTION, >>AGGREGATE, OPERATOR, CAST and RULE. >> >> > >At what point does this stop being useful and become mere bloat? >The only case I can ever recall being actually asked for was the >TABLE case ... > > > > Chris KL said it should be done for all on the grounds of consistency. But I will happily stop right now if that's not the general view - I'm only doing this to complete something I started. cheers andrew