Re: [PATCHES] Alter Table phase 1 -- Please apply to 7.5
Patch applied with adjustments by Tom. Thanks. --- Rod Taylor wrote: > Completes: > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honour DEFAULT and non-CHECK > CONSTRAINT > > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing rows > with DEFAULT value > > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence > because of the item above > > Previously described reorganization of all ALTER TABLE commands. > > Most of the way through column type change. I need to supply a followup > patch which deals with logical attribute numbers. > > ALTER TABLE table ALTER [COLUMN] column TYPE type USING expression; > > Syntax documentation updates only. Content to come later. [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > ---(end of broadcast)--- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup.| Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PATCHES] Alter Table phase 1 -- Please apply to 7.5
Rod Taylor wrote: > Completes: > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honour DEFAULT and non-CHECK > CONSTRAINT > > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing rows > with DEFAULT value > > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence > because of the item above > > Previously described reorganization of all ALTER TABLE commands. > > Most of the way through column type change. I need to supply a followup > patch which deals with logical attribute numbers. > > ALTER TABLE table ALTER [COLUMN] column TYPE type USING expression; > > Syntax documentation updates only. Content to come later. Tom has looked over this patch and wants to make some adjustments before applying so I will keep this in my queue and wait for him to complete his changes and get it into CVS. Thanks. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup.| Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [PATCHES] Alter Table phase 1 -- Please apply to 7.5
Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at: http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours. --- Rod Taylor wrote: > Completes: > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honour DEFAULT and non-CHECK > CONSTRAINT > > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing rows > with DEFAULT value > > ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence > because of the item above > > Previously described reorganization of all ALTER TABLE commands. > > Most of the way through column type change. I need to supply a followup > patch which deals with logical attribute numbers. > > ALTER TABLE table ALTER [COLUMN] column TYPE type USING expression; > > Syntax documentation updates only. Content to come later. [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > ---(end of broadcast)--- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup.| Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
