[HACKERS] Viewupdate: Inherit default expressions from columns

[Bernd Helmle]

For automatic view update rules we are planning to implement column default 
value inheritance, so that the view's column definition inherits from their 
base table columns (and nobody has to use an explicit ALTER TABLE view 
ALTER col SET DEFAULT ... ). Note that we will do that only for views, 
which are updateable (means that we can create rules for that view). I 
wonder if there are any side effects, like security issues or other stuff 
that will be broken by that (nothing comes currently to my mind, besides 
the fact that ALTERing the base tables default expression later won't be 
triggered to the view.).

What does folks think about that, any comments?
--
 Bernd
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Re: [HACKERS] Viewupdate: Inherit default expressions from columns

[Tom Lane]

Bernd Helmle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 For automatic view update rules we are planning to implement column default 
 value inheritance, so that the view's column definition inherits from their 
 base table columns (and nobody has to use an explicit ALTER TABLE view 
 ALTER col SET DEFAULT ... ). Note that we will do that only for views, 
 which are updateable (means that we can create rules for that view).

Just so you un-break pg_dump afterwards.

regards, tom lane

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