Re: ALTER TABLE TODO items

Tom Lane wrote:
> Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> > Does using table recreate break views built against the table?
>
> Right now it just rejects the ALTER attempt:
>
> regression=# create table t1 (f1 int);
> CREATE TABLE
> regression=# create view v1 as select * from t1;
> CREATE VIEW
> regression=# alter table t1 alter f1 type bigint;
> ERROR: cannot alter type of a column used by a view or rule
> DETAIL: rule _RETURN on view v1 depends on column "f1"
> regression=#
>
> Improving this per the previous discussion probably ought to be
> mentioned in the TODO list.

Add to TODO?

Allow views to be auto-recreated based on table changes

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