Re: [PATCHES] Demo patch for DROP COLUMN

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: "Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Demo patch for DROP COLUMN
Date: 2002-07-23 15:42:37
Message-ID: 5064.1027438957@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
>> But you *didn't* make sure it would never be a problem.

> Wasn't I looping until I found a unique name?

My point was that there could still be a conflict against a user column
that the user tries to create *later*. So it's illusory to think that
making the name of a dropped column less predictable will improve
matters.

regards, tom lane

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