Re: AW: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>, "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: AW: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN
Date: 2000-10-15 14:12:13
Message-ID: 200010151412.KAA29277@candle.pha.pa.us
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> My trial implementation using physical/logical attribute numbers
> isn't so clean as I expected. I'm inclined to restrict my change to
> fix the TODO
> * ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN to inherited table put column in wrong place
> though it would also introduce a backward compatibility.
> I could live without DROP COLUMN feature though I couldn't
> live without ADD COLUMN feature.

We have a DROP COLUMN option in the FAQ, so I don't see a rush there.
Sounds like we need your fix for add column with inheritance, but I
suppose the 2x fix for DROP COLUMN could be used to add columns too.

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