Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-28 Thread Tim Gustafson
> Referring to a page at > http://web.archive.org/web/20020926232103/http://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html, > clearly dated mid-2002, Tim Gustafson effluviated: Incorrect. I was referring to: http://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html > The word "lie" is ill-chosen. Of the top 3 items in that 10-item

Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-27 Thread Roger Binns
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 26/03/13 14:40, Tim Gustafson wrote: > Is there a timeline or road map anywhere that could inform us as to > when we might see that feature added? In addition to what others have said, if SQLite did implement full ALTER TABLE support it is

Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-27 Thread Larry Brasfield
Referring to a page at http://web.archive.org/web/20020926232103/http://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html, clearly dated mid-2002, Tim Gustafson effluviated: It's not that it's surprising. The page currently says: Those features near the top of the list are likely to be added in the near future.

Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-27 Thread Tim Gustafson
> It really shouldn't be that surprising, this is pretty standard for open > source software. Somebody has to do it, which means either writing code > yourself, waiting for somebody else to get around to writing code, or > putting up $$$ so somebody else spends their time writing code for you.

Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-27 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 27/03/2013 12:14 PM, Tim Gustafson wrote: Clemens' analysis of the likelihood of seeing ALTER TABLE anytime soon is correct. Might I suggest that the "omitted" page then be updated to unambiguously state that there is no plan to even implement the missing features, so that people aren't left

Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-27 Thread Tim Gustafson
> Clemens' analysis of the likelihood of seeing ALTER TABLE anytime soon is > correct. Might I suggest that the "omitted" page then be updated to unambiguously state that there is no plan to even implement the missing features, so that people aren't left wondering? Thanks! -- Tim Gustafson

Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-27 Thread Richard Hipp
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Dominique Devienne wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Clemens Ladisch > wrote: > > > Tim Gustafson wrote: > > > That page also says that things are listed there in the order they're > > > likely to be implemented

Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-27 Thread Dominique Devienne
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Tim Gustafson wrote: > > That page also says that things are listed there in the order they're > > likely to be implemented in SQLite. Is there a timeline or road map > > anywhere that could inform us as to when we

Re: [sqlite] Timeline for full ALTER TABLE support?

2013-03-27 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Tim Gustafson wrote: > I see that full ALTER TABLE support is in position number two on the > list of things that SQLite doesn't support: > > http://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html Once Upon A Time™, that list had more entries: