ash,
* ash (ash(at)commandprompt(dot)com) wrote:
> This came up recently on general list (and I've just hit the same issue today):
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAB7nPqTLmMn1LTb5WE0v0dO57iP0U73yKwzbZytAXDF1CAWLZg@mail.gmail.com
>
> Why couldn't postgres re-create the dependent views automatically? I
> mean it knows which views depend on the altered column and keeps the
> view definition, no?
Might be pretty complicated in the end..
> Would a patch likely to be accepted? How hard do you feel this might be
> to implement? Any caveat that defeats the purpose of such feature?
It'd need to be explicitly requested, eg a 'CASCADE' option.
Thanks,
Stephen