Re: ALTER TABLE RENAME fix

> What OIDs could we use to point columns ?
>
> Is it really a good idea to use IDs or numbers in the first place ?
> We know now reference by IDs aren't necessarily good, don't we ?
> It's not preferable to optimize only *rename*. IMHO this should be
> considered as a part of total object-dependency mechanism.

Sorry, I should have said attribute numbers, not oid, since _Tom_
removed OID's from pg_attribute.  :-)

Good question.  Several people thought attno was the way to go and it
seemed more natural because almost everything else goes by attno and not
name.

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