Re: Max column number.

From: Kevin Crain <kevin(dot)crain1(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Miguel Angel Conte <diafano(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Max column number.
Date: 2011-07-13 06:28:59
Message-ID: CADwm0aheThVQaQASBkHsVmjXmtJS+LZaRttmE-4WmEEff0TCzw@mail.gmail.com
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I still can't imagine why you'd ever need this...could you explain
what this does? I'm just curious now....

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Kevin Crain <kevin(dot)crain1(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> This is an unfortunate situation, you shouldn't be required to do
> this, the people generating your requirements need to be more
> informed.  I would make damn sure you notify the stakeholders in this
> project that the data model is screwed and needs a redesign.  I agree
> that you should split this table and do a join if you have no option
> of redesigning this.
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Miguel Angel Conte <diafano(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Yes, sure. I mean, I can't change the whole process which creates columns
>> dynamically.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Reinoud van Leeuwen
>> <reinoud(dot)v(at)n(dot)leeuwen(dot)net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:08:36PM -0300, Miguel Angel Conte wrote:
>>> > Unfortunately It's an inherited data model and I can't make any change
>>> > for
>>> > now...
>>>
>>> but by adding columns you *are* making changes to it...
>>>
>>> Reinoud
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