Re: Alter Table phase 1 -- Please apply to 7.5

Patch applied with adjustments by Tom. Thanks.

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Rod Taylor wrote:
> Completes:
> ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honour DEFAULT and non-CHECK
> CONSTRAINT
>
> ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing rows
> with DEFAULT value
>
> ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence
> because of the item above
>
> Previously described reorganization of all ALTER TABLE commands.
>
> Most of the way through column type change. I need to supply a followup
> patch which deals with logical attribute numbers.
>
> ALTER TABLE table ALTER [COLUMN] column TYPE type USING expression;
>
> Syntax documentation updates only. Content to come later.

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