| From: | Andrej <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Bret S(dot) Lambert" <bret(dot)lambert(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Terry <td3201(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andy Colson <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net>, PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: data dump help |
| Date: | 2010-01-19 05:35:10 |
| Message-ID: | b35603931001182135i2bdf4f82m5586bd8ac50d6eb3@mail.gmail.com |
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2010/1/19 Bret S. Lambert <bret(dot)lambert(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> Isn't this just over-engineering? Why not let the database do
> the work, and add the column with a default value of 0, so that
> you don't have to modify whatever 3rd-party app dumps the data:
But what if his third-party software does something silly like a "select *"
on the table and then gets a hissy fit because the data doesn't match
the expectations any longer?
Cheers,
Andrej
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