Re: ALTER TYPE extensions

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ALTER TYPE extensions
Date: 2010-09-21 20:17:59
Message-ID: 1285100279.5468.33.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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On tis, 2010-09-21 at 17:53 +0900, KaiGai Kohei wrote:
> Sorry, I missed a bug when we create a typed table using composite
> type which has been altered.

> Perhaps, we also need to patch at transformOfType() to
> skip attributes with attisdropped.

Fixed.

> An additional question. It seems me we can remove all the attributes
> from the composite type, although CREATE TYPE prohibits to create
> a composite type without any attribute.
> What does it mean a composite type with no attribute?
> Or, do we need a restriction to prevent the last one attribute?

We need to allow the creation of zero-attribute types then; same as with
CREATE TABLE. I have fixed that now.

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alter-type-v3.patch text/x-patch 40.0 KB

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