Re: Dropping fields

From: Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: "Robert Fitzpatrick" <robert(at)webtent(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dropping fields
Date: 2003-01-07 00:18:32
Message-ID: m3el7phkx3.fsf@varsoon.wireboard.com
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"Robert Fitzpatrick" <robert(at)webtent(dot)com> writes:

> >
> > Fix your application to ignore pg_attribute rows where
> > attisdropped is true.
> >
>
> So, PostgreSQL 7.3.x now holds all dropped fields information? What is
> the purpose?

It's the way column dropping is implemented. You couldn't drop
columns at all before 7.3.

-Doug

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