Re: alter table cascade does not give notice about dropped

Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com> writes:
> >
> >
> >>Looks  like alter table does not tells about the indexes it dropped
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This is intentional --- we don't require you to say CASCADE to get rid
> >of an index, either.
> >
>
> I initailly ran the alter table without cascade option ,
>
> it told me  there is a dependent view.
>
> I did cascade  , it droped the view and it also dropped a
> multicolumn  index that contained the column.
>
> I notified me about the dropped view but not about
> the index.
>
> Is that ok ?

I think so.  We consider the index to be bound to the table, while the
view is more distinct and could include other table references as well.

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