Re: Two academic questions

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Дмитрий Иванов <firstdismay(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Two academic questions
Date: 2022-02-02 06:36:49
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On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, Дмитрий Иванов <firstdismay(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
>>>
>>> DEFAULT VALUE <> GENERATED ALWAYS AS STORED
>>> the DEFAULT value is not recalculated when the reference column are
>>> changed. is not an identical construction GENERATED ALWAYS AS STORED
>>>
>>> *reply:*
>>> They are in a separate list “Methods”.
>>> This approach was used for other databases *long before* generated
>>> columns were implemented in PostgreSQL.
>>> ====================
>>>
>>>
>> It has to do with the syntax of generated and that you can generate data
>> in different ways. Calling those ways “methods” seems reasonable.
>>
>> It's hard to argue with that. However, it is not quite clear to me, what
> origin are we talking about? I have worked with MS products and currently
> with PostgreSQL and have not encountered this interpretation.
>

“Origin”? The documentation, and my internalizing of it based on my
personal experiences.

Anyway, I did my best given the unclear (to me at least) and limited
information you provided, and the fact I don’t really understand the
question.

David J.

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