Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN
Date: 2002-07-04 05:33:18
Message-ID: 200207040533.g645XIp00854@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > It may turn out to be a choice of client-cleanliness vs. backend
> > cleanliness. Seems Hiroshi already wins for client cleanliness.
>
> No, he only breaks even for client cleanliness --- either approach
> *will* require changes in clients that look at pg_attribute.

Uh, Christopher already indicated three clients, psql, pg_dump, and
another that will not require changes for Hiroshi's approach, but will
require changes for isdropped. That doesn't seem "break even" to me.

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