Re: == PostgreSQL Weekly News - March 29th 2004 ==

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-announce(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: == PostgreSQL Weekly News - March 29th 2004 ==
Date: 2004-03-30 05:22:07
Message-ID: 27319.1080624127@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> writes:
> ... The "Alter Table Set Without OIDS" command was removed
> in favor of making "Alter Table Drop Column" able to handle OID
> columns.

Small correction: SET WITHOUT OIDS was *not* removed. What was removed
was the separate implementation it used to have. Internally it now just
does a "DROP COLUMN oid".

(Not your fault, there was some confusion on this point on the
pgsql-committers list...)

regards, tom lane

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