Re: Postgres 11 release notes

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgres 11 release notes
Date: 2018-05-13 00:47:08
Message-ID: 20180513004708.GA15365@momjian.us
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On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 01:22:55PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > Done and URL updated.
>
> I have some feedback on "Allow NOT NULL to be added to columns without
> requiring a table rewrite". I suggest that this be phrased as "Avoid a
> table rewrite when ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN sets a default value for a
> column". Referencing the fact that Postgres was previously able to do
> this with a NULL default doesn't seem to add anything.

Agreed, done:

Allow <command>ALTER TABLE</command> to add a non-null default
column without a table rewrite (Andrew Dunstan, Serge Rielau)

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