Re: [HACKERS] generated columns

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Sergei Kornilov <sk(at)zsrv(dot)org>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jaime Casanova <jaime(dot)casanova(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] generated columns
Date: 2019-02-27 07:08:04
Message-ID: d50434b7-5aee-f7f1-69ba-c3330406b142@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-02-26 06:12, Michael Paquier wrote:
> Hm. Does the SQL standard mention more features which could be merged
> with stored values, virtual values, default expressions and identity
> columns? I don't know the last trends in this area but I am wondering
> if there are any other column specific, expression-like features like
> that associated to a column. That could give more strength with
> having one column in pg_attribute to govern them all. Well, assuming
> that something else is implemented of course. That's a lot of
> assumptions, and it's not like the current implementation is wrong
> either.

The system-versioned tables feature might be the most adjacent one.

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