Re: Add column if not exists (CINE)

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, Kjell Rune Skaaraas <kjella79(at)yahoo(dot)no>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Add column if not exists (CINE)
Date: 2010-05-02 03:09:23
Message-ID: AANLkTinixy4C0qjxynzR6TAbKBHwSmx_0mc71WOg8-Ks@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> CREATE OR REPLACE is indeed much more complicated.  In fact, for
>> tables, I maintain that you'll need to link with -ldwim to make it
>> work properly.
>
> This may in fact be an appropriate way to handle the case for tables,
> given the complexity of their definitions.

Patch attached.

...Robert

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