From: | "Len Morgan" <len-morgan(at)crcom(dot)net> |
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To: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Re: ALTER DROP COLUMN |
Date: | 2001-02-12 22:26:03 |
Message-ID: | 016901c09542$c9c53a60$0908a8c0@H233.bstx.cc |
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>So how is this useful for anything beyond a toy database?
>
>This inability to drop a column makes it hard to follow an "extreme
>programming" style of development, where one designs only as much into
>the database schema as is needed at the moment (DTSTTCPW, YAGNI).
>When I do that I often find that I need to drop columns (in favor of
>other columns of different types) as I evolve the schema to support
>ever more complex applications. PostgreSQL makes this a bit harder
>than it needs to be.
I would content that any moderately complex database design that starts at
the keyboard instead of a pad of paper (i.e., DESIGNED) is going to have
more problems than a "toy" database. Postgres is used in many "real"
applications but more than likely they were thought out and designed before
committing to tables.
len morgan
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