| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, Kjell Rune Skaaraas <kjella79(at)yahoo(dot)no>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Add column if not exists (CINE) |
| Date: | 2010-05-02 03:09:23 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTinixy4C0qjxynzR6TAbKBHwSmx_0mc71WOg8-Ks@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> CREATE OR REPLACE is indeed much more complicated. In fact, for
>> tables, I maintain that you'll need to link with -ldwim to make it
>> work properly.
>
> This may in fact be an appropriate way to handle the case for tables,
> given the complexity of their definitions.
Patch attached.
...Robert
| Attachment | Content-Type | Size |
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| create_table_if_not_exists.patch | application/octet-stream | 15.3 KB |
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