From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Subject: | Re: Alter Table phase 1 -- Please apply to 7.5 |
Date: | 2004-01-06 10:43:29 |
Message-ID: | 200401061043.i06AhTt06523@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Rod Taylor wrote:
> Completes:
> ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honour DEFAULT and non-CHECK
> CONSTRAINT
>
> ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing rows
> with DEFAULT value
>
> ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence
> because of the item above
>
> Previously described reorganization of all ALTER TABLE commands.
>
> Most of the way through column type change. I need to supply a followup
> patch which deals with logical attribute numbers.
>
> ALTER TABLE table ALTER [COLUMN] column TYPE type USING expression;
>
> Syntax documentation updates only. Content to come later.
Tom has looked over this patch and wants to make some adjustments before
applying so I will keep this in my queue and wait for him to complete
his changes and get it into CVS.
Thanks.
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