RE: ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL -- unexpected results

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Rod Taylor" <rbt(at)barchord(dot)com>, "Hackers List" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL -- unexpected results
Date: 2001-07-17 02:01:31
Message-ID: ECEHIKNFIMMECLEBJFIGMEEMCBAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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> *ALTER TABLE* isn't as easy as *CREATE TABLE*.
> It has another problem because it hasn't implemented
> *DEFAULT* yet.

Just out of interest, is there a special reason it's difficult to implement
the DEFAULT feature of alter table add column?

Chris

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