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: "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-07-17T06:42:13Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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>______________________________________
>From: Daniel Westermann (DWE)
>Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 13:01
>To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
>Subject: Documentation fix for adding a column with a default value
>
>Hi,
>
>the tip in the "Adding a column" section is not true anymore since PostgreSQL 11:
>
>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ddl-alter.html#DDL-ALTER-ADDING-A-COLUMN<https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ddl-alter.html#DDL-ALTER-ADDING-A-COLUMN>
>
>Attached a patch proposal for this.

Seems the first mail didn't make it ...

Regards
Daniel










Commits

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