Re: logical column position

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Jon Jensen <jon(at)endpoint(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: logical column position
Date: 2003-11-21 16:08:42
Message-ID: 12668.1069430922@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> Maybe my proposal wasn't clear enough:
> Just as an index references a pg_class entry by it's OID, not some value
> identifying it's physical storage, all objects might continue
> referencing columns by attnum.

That's exactly the same thing I am saying. Your mistake is to assume
that this function can be combined with identification of a (changeable)
logical column position. It can't. Changeability and immutability are
just not compatible requirements.

regards, tom lane

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