Re: drop if exists remainder

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: drop if exists remainder
Date: 2006-02-05 16:15:42
Message-ID: 43E624AE.702@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:

>Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
>
>>Here's a first draft patch for DROP ... IF EXISTS for the remaining
>>cases, namely: LANGUAGE, TABLESPACE, TRIGGER OPERATOR CLASS, FUNCTION,
>>AGGREGATE, OPERATOR, CAST and RULE.
>>
>>
>
>At what point does this stop being useful and become mere bloat?
>The only case I can ever recall being actually asked for was the
>TABLE case ...
>
>
>
>

Chris KL said it should be done for all on the grounds of consistency.
But I will happily stop right now if that's not the general view - I'm
only doing this to complete something I started.

cheers

andrew

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