Re: [PATCH] Proposal for HIDDEN/INVISIBLE column

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>
To: Gilles Darold <gilles(at)migops(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Proposal for HIDDEN/INVISIBLE column
Date: 2021-10-14 12:09:50
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TP9u7KC-cstma8A+g5+wsjgApGy2pTKnKw8ZT+Vip2qhQ@mail.gmail.com
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Hi again,

> So all in all, -1. [...]

Here is something I would like to add:

1. As far as I know, "all the rest of DBMS have this" was never a good
argument in the PostgreSQL community. Generally, using it will turn people
against you.
2. I recall there was a proposal of making the SQL syntax itself
extendable. To my knowledge, this is still a wanted feature [1]. In theory,
that would allow you to implement the feature you want in an extension.

[1]: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#Exotic_Features

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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