Re: Creating a zero-column table

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Creating a zero-column table
Date: 2002-12-13 07:31:38
Message-ID: 5.1.0.14.0.20021213182838.02b426b0@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 12:31 AM 13/12/2002 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Amy does CREATE TABLE foo(f1 beths_type);
> Beth now cannot drop her type beths_type.
>In most circles this would be called a denial of service.

Seems like a feature - if beth made the type public, she has to deal with
fame. I don't see it as different from preventing a dropdb when it is being
accessed, or unmounting a disk while it is being accessed. But I resume
this argument has already been had...

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