On 08/04/2010 06:41 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Yeb Havinga<yebhavi...@gmail.com> wrote:
If child inherits column A from parent1 and parent2, and it is then
renamed to B in parent2, what should the name be in the child after
the rename is completed?
The column should be renamed to B in parent2, child and parent1.
Uh, really? Wow. You want to follow the inheritance hierarchy in
both directions, both down and up? That seems like it could be
confusing.
It seems more than confusing. It seems fundamentally wrong. It would
certainly be a violation of POLA.
Unless there's an extremely persuasive case made for it I'm inclined
just to say no.
cheers
andrew
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