RE: [HACKERS] Re: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN

From: "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: "The Hermit Hacker" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "PostgreSQL Development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Re: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN
Date: 2000-02-29 05:13:50
Message-ID: 000d01bf8273$c3e86320$2801007e@tpf.co.jp
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Hermit Hacker [mailto:scrappy(at)hub(dot)org]
>

[snip]

> Hiroshi ...
>
> Bruce's comment was just an observation ... if it can be done
> cleanly, I would love to see a version that didn't involve 2x the disk
> space ... I don't believe that a trial would be useless, I think that
> Bruce's only concern/warning is that the amount of code modifications that
> would have to be made in order to accomplish this *might* be larger then
> the benefit resulting in doing it this way.
>
> If you feel that this can be done more efficiently, *please*
> proceed with the trial ...
>

OK,I may be able to provide a trial patch in a week or so if I'm lucky.
How to commit the patch ?
With #ifdef ?

Regards.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp

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