RE: [HACKERS] Re: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Hermit Hacker [mailto:scrappy@hub.org]
>

[snip]

> Hiroshi ...
>
>     Bruce's comment was just an observation ... if it can be done
> cleanly, I would love to see a version that didn't involve 2x the disk
> space ... I don't believe that a trial would be useless, I think that
> Bruce's only concern/warning is that the amount of code modifications that
> would have to be made in order to accomplish this *might* be larger then
> the benefit resulting in doing it this way.
>
>     If you feel that this can be done more efficiently, *please*
> proceed with the trial ...
>

OK,I may be able to provide a trial patch in a week or so if I'm lucky.
How to commit the patch ?
With #ifdef ?

Regards.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue@tpf.co.jp