Re: logical column ordering

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Phil Currier <pcurrier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: logical column ordering
Date: 2015-03-12 19:45:25
Message-ID: 5501ECD5.4040705@gmx.net
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On 3/11/15 10:16 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> I think using an OID would break more stuff than it fixes in dependency
> tracking; in particular you would now need an explicit dependency link
> from each column to its table, because the "sub-object" knowledge would
> no longer work.

That might not be a bad thing, but ...

> In any case this patch is going to be plenty big enough
> already without saddling it with a major rewrite of the dependency system.

... is true.

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