Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes: > Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> writes: > >> That is, I think we should treat changing the defaults the same as we >> would changing the number and type of parameters; it kicks off a >> dependency check and requires a CASCADE. > > Dream on ... there is no such facility in Postgres and we are not going > to build one in the 8.4 timeframe.
Well there is this: postgres=# create or replace function foo (text) returns text as 'select 1' language sql; ERROR: 42P13: cannot change return type of existing function HINT: Use DROP FUNCTION first. LOCATION: ProcedureCreate, pg_proc.c:366 We could say that changing the type of a default argument for a polymorphic argument isn't allowed just like changing the return value. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's PostGIS support! -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
