Re: [PATCH] Proposal for HIDDEN/INVISIBLE column

From: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>
To: Gilles Darold <gilles(at)migops(dot)com>, Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Proposal for HIDDEN/INVISIBLE column
Date: 2021-10-18 15:24:38
Message-ID: 2f9f7a18-f3df-e058-c5ed-d73033e11610@postgresfriends.org
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On 10/18/21 8:44 AM, Gilles Darold wrote:
> Le 17/10/2021 à 23:48, Isaac Morland a écrit :
>> On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 at 17:42, Gilles Darold <gilles(at)migops(dot)com
>> <mailto:gilles(at)migops(dot)com>> wrote:
>>
>> Note that psql doesn't display a separate line for each row in this
>> case, but the actual result coming back from the server does contain
>> the appropriate number of rows. 
>
> I was not aware of that. In this case perhaps that we can remove the
> restriction on having at least on expandable column and we will have the
> same behavior but I can't think of an interest to allow that.

Allowing no-column tables removed the need to handle a bunch of corner
cases. Useful for users or not, the precedent is set.
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Vik Fearing

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