Re: ALTER TABLE TODO items

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com> writes:
> > 1. alter table alter type on a clustered index seems to drop the cluster
>
> I tweaked things so that the clustered flag is preserved for indexes
> that aren't directly affected by the ALTER TYPE. It would take more
> work to preserve the setting for an index that is rebuilt by ALTER TYPE,
> and I'm not even sure that it's sensible --- the new index could have
> a significantly different ordering from the old. What do you think?

At a minimum, we should indicate we dropped the cluster on the index.

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