Re: Using rules to implement backward-compatible schema changes

Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> Mario Becroft <pgsql(at)becroft(dot)co(dot)nz> writes:
>> The problem is that when inserting to the view, default values do not
>> work as expected.
>
> You need to attach the defaults to the view, viz
>
> ALTER TABLE a ALTER COLUMN bar SET DEFAULT 5;
>
> This is considered a feature not a bug, since you might want a
> different default for inserts to the view than for inserts
> directly to the underlying table.

This crossed my mind, but I could not find a way of specifying defaults
for a view. I see now that it must be done with ALTER TABLE.

Thanks for your help with this problem.

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Mario Becroft (postgres-related mail) <pgsql(at)becroft(dot)co(dot)nz>