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: 2019-07-18T15:46:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
>>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?

Regards
Daniel




Commits

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