Re: Missing doc on expression format for ALTER TABLE

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Missing doc on expression format for ALTER TABLE
Date: 2005-03-28 05:50:47
Message-ID: 200503272150.48053.josh@agliodbs.com
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Guys,

> > Well, yes, actually. Where in the documentation is a type conversion
> > expression defined? Do we use NEW and OLD? Or the name of the column?
> > Or something else?
>
> I think the ALTER TABLE page is in dire need of a "See also" section, at
> least. And a reference to where <expression> is defined would be nice
> to have.

What I'm pointing out here is that the USING clause can't be just ANY
expression, it needs to be a specific type of expression. And the docs
don't explain what kind of expression is usable here. Even a single example
would go a long way ...

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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