Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > Also, it seems to me that at some point we are forced to break client > compatibility.
It's not a users' consensus at all. I'm suspicious if DROP COLUMN is such a significant feature to break client compatibility at our ease. > Either we add attisdropped field to pg_attribute, or we use > Hiroshi's (-1 * attnum - offset) idea. Both Tom and Hiroshi have good > reasons for each of these - would it be possible for you guys to post with > your reasons for and against both the techniques. I don't object to adding attisdropped field. What I meant to say is that the differene is very small. regards, Hiroshi Inoue ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
