Re: ALTER composite type does not work, but ALTER TABLE which ROWTYPE is used as a type - works fine

From: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, dmitry(at)koterov(dot)ru, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ALTER composite type does not work, but ALTER TABLE which ROWTYPE is used as a type - works fine
Date: 2008-12-10 12:44:56
Message-ID: 603c8f070812100444i4bf1d416se0dccbf2c02ba724@mail.gmail.com
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Allow ALTER TYPE to add, rename, change the type of, and drop columns?

...Robert

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas wrote:
>> > Well, new features that have a perfectly acceptable and usable
>> > workaround typically have a fairly low priority of fixing :-)
>>
>> Putting something in the TODO list doesn't make it a priority. But it
>> indicates that it's something that the community would like to see
>> fixed, if anyone is interested in doing the work. There is a lot more
>> consensus for this item than many that have been added to the TODO
>> list in the past.
>
> OK, so what should the TODO item be?
>
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