Re: [HACKERS] For the TODO list

> Maybe you could include on the TODO list the following bug
>

Added:

* ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honor DEFAULT

>
>
> Alter table add column doesn't save defaults options :
>
> test=> create table students (id int4, name text);
> CREATE
> test=> insert into students values (1,'bill');
> INSERT 39338 1
> test=> alter table students add column age int2 default 20;
> ADD
> test=> insert into students values (2,'tom');
> INSERT 39340 1
> test=> select * from students;
> id|name|age
> --+----+---
> 1|bill|
> 2|tom |
> (2 rows)
>
> The default for age does not work !
>
>
> Constantin Teodorescu
> FLEX Consulting Braila, ROMANIA
>
>

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