Re: ALTER TABLE TODO items

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ALTER TABLE TODO items
Date: 2004-05-07 00:40:32
Message-ID: 409ADB00.5060506@familyhealth.com.au
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> I tweaked things so that the clustered flag is preserved for indexes
> that aren't directly affected by the ALTER TYPE. It would take more
> work to preserve the setting for an index that is rebuilt by ALTER TYPE,
> and I'm not even sure that it's sensible --- the new index could have
> a significantly different ordering from the old. What do you think?

Out of interest what happens to other column features such as the
existing statistics level and the existing storage spec? I guess these
might have to change when type changes??

Chris

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