Re: pgsql/src backend/catalog/dependency.c backend ...

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: <pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql/src backend/catalog/dependency.c backend ...
Date: 2002-07-16 04:24:03
Message-ID: GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOKECKCDAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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I presume I still have to manually set atthasdef to false tho, right?

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2002 12:05 PM
> To: Christopher Kings-Lynne
> Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql/src backend/catalog/dependency.c backend
> ...
>
>
> "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > Does this mean I no longer have to worry about removing the
> column default
> > when dropping a column?
>
> It'll happen for free if you do the DROP properly, ie, through
> performDeletion. Fairly shortly, constraints, indexes, and so forth
> that depend on the column will also go away automatically.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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