On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Florian Pflug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Merlin Moncure wrote: >> >> you missed the point...if your return type is a composite type that is >> backed by the table (CREATE TABLE, not CREATE TYPE), then you can >> 'alter' the type by altering the table. This can be done without full >> drop recreate of the function. > > Which - at least IMHO - clearly shows that we ought to support > ALTER TYPE for composite types ;-) > > Is there anything fundamental standing in the way of that, or is it just > that nobody yet cared enough about this?
I look at it from another perspective. I see very little value in 'create type as'...it just creates a table that you can't insert to and can't alter (but I agree). merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
