From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: ALTER TABLE TODO items |
Date: | 2004-05-05 16:53:41 |
Message-ID: | 200405051653.i45Grfv15873@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> > Does using table recreate break views built against the table?
>
> Right now it just rejects the ALTER attempt:
>
> regression=# create table t1 (f1 int);
> CREATE TABLE
> regression=# create view v1 as select * from t1;
> CREATE VIEW
> regression=# alter table t1 alter f1 type bigint;
> ERROR: cannot alter type of a column used by a view or rule
> DETAIL: rule _RETURN on view v1 depends on column "f1"
> regression=#
>
> Improving this per the previous discussion probably ought to be
> mentioned in the TODO list.
Add to TODO?
Allow views to be auto-recreated based on table changes
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