Re: ALTER TABLE behind-the-scenes effects' CONTEXT

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ALTER TABLE behind-the-scenes effects' CONTEXT
Date: 2016-01-21 03:17:06
Message-ID: CANP8+jL5V=01sW6bvr-VmaCG-P8-TYPa7Z2bfdditqDogrBs6Q@mail.gmail.com
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On 5 January 2016 at 06:45, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

> On 4 January 2016 at 20:44, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Maybe
>> there are more ALTER TABLE subcommands that should be setting something
>> up? In cases where multiple subcommands are being run, it might be
>> useful to see which one caused a certain error message.
>>
>
> I like the patch.
>
> We should have a message for each subcommand, since there are many that
> run for a long time and we support the optimization of allowing many
> subcommands together at once.
>
> There should also be a comment about making name a requirement for any
> subcommand.
>
>
>> I think some additional tests wouldn't hurt.
>>
>
> Each subcommand message should be generated at least once in tests.
>
>
>> I await feedback from Simon Riggs, who set himself up as reviewer a
>> couple of days ago. Simon, do you also intend to be committer? If so,
>> please mark yourself as such in the commitfest app.
>>
>
> Happy to be the committer on this.
>

Marko, I was/am waiting for an updated patch. Could you comment please?

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