RE: [HACKERS] ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL -- unexpected results

[Christopher Kings-Lynne]

> *ALTER TABLE* isn't as easy as *CREATE TABLE*.
> It has another problem because it hasn't implemented
> *DEFAULT* yet.

Just out of interest, is there a special reason it's difficult to implement
the DEFAULT feature of alter table add column?

Chris


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