Re: pgsql-server/src/bin/psql print.c

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Rod Taylor" <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql-server/src/bin/psql print.c
Date: 2002-11-04 01:58:30
Message-ID: GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOKEGKCEAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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Nup - DROP COLUMN (well at least the code I wrote) deliberately prevents you
from doing that!

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Taylor [mailto:rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca]
> Sent: Sunday, 3 November 2002 10:49 PM
> To: Christopher Kings-Lynne
> Cc: Tom Lane; pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src/bin/psql print.c
>
>
> On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 06:37, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > Out of interest, how does one get a table of no columns?
>
> ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN :)
>
> > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> > > CVSROOT: /cvsroot
> > > Module name: pgsql-server
> > > Changes by: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org 02/11/01 10:12:19
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > > src/bin/psql : print.c
> > >
> > > Log message:
> > > Avoid malloc(0) when printing a table of no columns. On
> some platforms
> > > this returns NULL, which confuses the code.
> > >
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> Rod Taylor
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