Re: TOAST & DROP COLUMN (Was: RE: pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml rc/ ... )

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)com>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: TOAST & DROP COLUMN (Was: RE: pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml rc/ ... )
Date: 2002-08-12 03:15:17
Message-ID: 26803.1029122117@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Incidentally - will a dropped column definitely have its TOAST data
> reclaimed when you do the "update set col=col;" ?

The code is there to do it, but I must admit I didn't test that it
followed through. Please check it ...

regards, tom lane

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