2010/3/11 KaiGai Kohei <kai...@ak.jp.nec.com>:
> (2010/03/11 23:55), Robert Haas wrote:
>> 2010/3/10 KaiGai Kohei<kai...@ak.jp.nec.com>:
>>> Indeed, it is useful to allow renaming attribute of composite types.
>>>
>>> However, it is also useless to allow to rename attribute of sequences,
>>> but harmless, like renames on indexes. It seems to me it is fair enough
>>> to allow renaming attributes of tables, views and composite types...
>>
>> I don't agree.  I think users should be allowed to rename things they
>> had a hand in naming in the first place (and index columns fall into
>> that category, since the names are derived from table column names).
>> But changing system-assigned column names for sequences or toast
>> tables is just weird.
>
> OK, the attached patch forbid to rename an attribute of relations except
> for tables, views, composite types and indexes.

I would like to apply this for 9.0, with some adjustments to the
comments.  Objections?

...Robert

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