Re: Documentation fix for adding a column with a default value

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com>
Cc: Ian Barwick <ian.barwick@2ndquadrant.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-07-18T15:51:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> On 18 Jul 2019, at 17:46, Daniel Westermann (DWE) <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com> wrote:
> 
>>> The suggested change pares down the "Tip" to more of a brief "Note", which IMHO is a bit
>>> terse for that section of the documentation (which has more of a tutorial character),
>>> and the contents of the original tip basically still apply for volatile default values
>>> anyway.
>>> 
>>> I've attached another suggestion for rewording this which should also make the
>>> mechanics of the operation a little clearer.
> 
>> Thank you, that better explains it. Looks good to me.
> 
> Shouldn't we add that to the current commit fest?

The current commitfest is closed for new additions, but please add it to the
next one (2019-09) and it will be picked up then.

cheers ./daniel


Commits

  1. Doc: clarify when table rewrites happen with column addition and DEFAULT