Re: [PATCH] Proposal for HIDDEN/INVISIBLE column

Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
To: Gilles Darold <gilles@migops.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-10-15T16:42:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi Gilles,

> Yes, I don't wanted to offend you or to troll. This was just to point
> that the position of "SELECT * is bad practice" is not a good argument
> in my point of view, just because it is allowed for every one. I mean
> that in an extension or a client which allow user query input we must
> handle the case.

Sure, no worries. And my apologies if my feedback seemed a little harsh.

I'm sure our goal is mutual - to make PostgreSQL even better than it
is now. Finding a consensus occasionally can take time though.

-- 
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev