Re: Alter Table phase 1 -- Please apply to 7.5

Rod Taylor wrote:
> Completes:
>         ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honour DEFAULT and non-CHECK
>         CONSTRAINT
>
>         ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing rows
>         with DEFAULT value
>
>         ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence
>         because of the item above
>
>         Previously described reorganization of all ALTER TABLE commands.
>
> Most of the way through column type change. I need to supply a followup
> patch which deals with logical attribute numbers.
>
> ALTER TABLE table ALTER [COLUMN] column TYPE type USING expression;
>
> Syntax documentation updates only. Content to come later.

Tom has looked over this patch and wants to make some adjustments before
applying so I will keep this in my queue and wait for him to complete
his changes and get it into CVS.

Thanks.

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