| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN |
| Date: | 2000-10-08 00:07:01 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.0010072106560.1627-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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seconded ...
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > OK, I am opening this can of worms again. I personally would like to
> > see this code activated, even if it does take 2x the disk space to alter
> > a column. Hiroshi had other ideas. Where did we leave this? We have
> > one month to decide on a plan.
>
> I think the plan should be to do nothing for 7.1. ALTER DROP COLUMN
> isn't an especially pressing feature, and so I don't feel that we
> should be hustling to squeeze it in just before beta. We're already
> overdue for beta.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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