Re: Where does postgres store records of DROP-ed columns?

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: pw <p(dot)willis(at)telus(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Where does postgres store records of DROP-ed columns?
Date: 2004-09-09 20:02:04
Message-ID: 4140B6BC.6080105@commandprompt.com
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> I know what these columns originally were but I dropped them
> from the table. I am now 'haunted' by these ghost columns with no
> type applied.
>
> How do I get rid of these references?

I believe (I would have to double check) that they will dissappear after
a vacuum.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Thanks for nay help,
>
> Pete
>
>
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