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

Daniel Westermann (DWE) <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com>

From: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com>
To: Ian Barwick <ian.barwick@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-07-17T09:08:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
>> Seems the first mail didn't make it ...

>Actually it did, I was about to reply to it :)
>
>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.

Regards
Daniel

Commits

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