Re: How to hidde the column from the user

rupesh bajaj wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to add a column in the table and also want to hidde that column from
> the user. So that user's normal insertion and update goes on (means user
> will not supply the value for my hidden column). Is there any way to hidde
> the column from the user. I tried to make my column (attisdropped
> setting as
> true). So now that column is hide from the user but now that column will be
> sometime deleted by postgres. But i do not want that my column should be
> deleted. Is there any way for doing this. Or can you suggest some better
> way
> for this.

You should ask usage questions on pgsql-general to get more informative
responses.

Create a view on top of the table that hides the column.

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