Re: missing rename support

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: missing rename support
Date: 2011-12-05 15:44:39
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZ12OYdYkH-jn_oC-Mzh9FQbBQHg=ENsUWp4aPjpD1E_Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> I noticed the following object types don't have support for an ALTER ...
> RENAME command:
>
> DOMAIN (but ALTER TYPE works)
> FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER
> OPERATOR
> RULE
> SERVER
>
> Are there any restrictions why these couldn't be added?

I don't think so. There's no ALTER RULE command; should we add one
(matching ALTER TRIGGER) or make this part of ALTER TABLE? I don't
think constraints can be renamed either, which should probably be
addressed along with rules.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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