Re: DROP VIEW name WITHOUT TYPE

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Przemysław Sztoch <przemyslaw(at)sztoch(dot)pl>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: DROP VIEW name WITHOUT TYPE
Date: 2024-11-08 14:54:07
Message-ID: CAKFQuwapBvoG-yP6XboKDLX65aGvwvRKaRufQyferuDACM_snA@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 7:51 AM Przemysław Sztoch <przemyslaw(at)sztoch(dot)pl>
wrote:

> Is it possible to extend DROP VIEW command:
>
> DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] *name* [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT | WITHOUT TYPE]
>
> I want to allow to DROP VIEW if any objects depend on it.
>
> Am I right, If we leave (or convert) TYPE linked to VIEW, then DROP will be possible?
>
>
No...you can't write "select * from type_name" and that is going to be the
most common kind of dependency you have to deal with.

David J.

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