Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN

From: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN
Date: 2002-07-04 00:37:24
Message-ID: 3D2398C4.AAFBDBC1@tpf.co.jp
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
> > > As I remember, Hiroshi's drop column changed the attribute number to a
> > > special negative value, which required lots of changes to track.
> >
> > ??? What do you mean by *lots of* ?
>
> Yes, please remind me. Was your solution renumbering the attno values?

Yes though I don't intend to object to Christopher's proposal.

> I think there are fewer cases to fix if we keep the existing attribute
> numbering and just mark the column as deleted. Is this accurate?

No. I don't understand why you think so.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue
http://w2422.nsk.ne.jp/~inoue/

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