From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
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To: | Toni Casueps <casueps(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: dependencies between objects |
Date: | 2006-02-02 18:27:56 |
Message-ID: | 43E24F2C.5070507@archonet.com |
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Toni Casueps wrote:
> I have got some views (for example view B) that use another views (for
> example view A) in the FROM clause.
>
> If I want to change view A, and it doesn't allow me to (for example
> adding a new column), another way would be dropping A and recreating it
> with the new column, but it doesn't allow me to drop view A because B
> depends on it, nor overwriting A with the new one because it already
> exists. One thing I can do is rename A to A_ , create the new A and drop
> A_ but it automatically reassociates B to depend on A_ , not in the new
> A I just created.
>
> Is there a way to disable any of these restrictions?
No. If you did PG couldn't guarantee that B would carry on working.
What you want to do is put your view definitions into a file with
BEGIN...ROLLBACK at the start and end which drops everything necessary.
Once your SQL doesn't produce any errors switch the ROLLBACK for COMMIT.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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