Re: [HACKERS] pg_attribute.attisinherited ?

[ Tom Lane will be reviewing this patch.]

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> En Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:26:56 -0400 (EDT)
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> escribi?:
>
> >
> > Patch withdrawn by author.
>
> Ok, new version. Please remember to change catversion.
>
> Description of this patch:
>
> - Adds a new attribute in pg_attribute named attisinherited.
> - Creation of tables marks it true for attributes that are inherited
> - Addition of new attribute to existing inherited table marks the
> attribute as inherited for child tables.
> - Checked when trying to rename inherited attributes: if table has
> inheritors, only allow renaming if asked to recurse. Disallow
> renaming for child tables only.
> - Checked when trying to drop inherited attributes: if table has
> inheritors, mark attribute as non-inherited for direct inheritors.
> Disallow dropping for child tables only.
>
> As an added bonus
> - Check inheritance when adding new attributes (if table has inheritors,
> only allow new attribute if it's inherited also).
>
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> Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>)
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