Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> One thing I've been burnt by in the past is failing to update the >> pg_class.h DATA statement to show the right number of columns. Also, >> you fixed both representations of the attribute list in pg_attribute.h, >> right?
> Thanks. Yes, it was both pg_class and pg_attribute that I had missed. > All better now. ;-) Yeah, adding a column to one of the core "bootstrap" tables is a real PITA. But I guess we don't do it often enough to justify having more infrastructure for that. > Now to use the field .... If it hasn't occurred to you already: please add a test or two in typ_sanity.sql to check that the column is sane, eg the type it points to is a varlena type that points back to the element type. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster