Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL.

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-hackers(at)empires(dot)org>, "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL.
Date: 2002-10-12 14:37:32
Message-ID: 200210121437.g9CEbWm15079@candle.pha.pa.us
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Hannu Krosing wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera kirjutas L, 12.10.2002 kell 04:16:
> > On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 07:08:18PM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> >
> > > And it really is a minor matter of convenience. I end up dropping and
> > > recreating all my tables a lot in the early stages of development, which is
> > > mildly annoying. Certainly not as bad, I suppose, as if you're led to believe
> > > that a feature does something safely, and it kills all your data.
> >
> > Now that ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN is implemented, there probably isn't
> > any more the need to do such frequent drop/create of tables.
>
> Did attlognum's (for changing column order) get implemented for 7.2 ?

No, changing column order isn't even on the TODO list.

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