Re: New version of GENERATED/IDENTITY, was Re: parser dilemma

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Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> some last changes. Really. :-)
>
> I made ALTER TABLE symmetric with CREATE TABLE
> so the grammar now has:
>
> ALTER TABLE tabname ALTER colname SET GENERATED
>    { ALWAYS | BY DEFAULT} AS IDENTITY [ ( sequence options )]
>
> This works intuitively the same as in CREATE TABLE, i.e.
> - it creates an OWNED sequence (if the column doesn't already have one)
> - it creates or alters the sequence with the given options
> - adds the DEFAULT expression with the proper generation behaviour
> in one go. I extended the documentation and modified the test case
> accordingly.
> I also tested that an IDENTITY column can't be created with a type that
> cannot be cast from bigint i.e. box. I added it to the test case.
>
> Please, review.
>
> Best regards,
> Zolt?n B?sz?rm?nyi
>
> Zoltan Boszormenyi ?rta:
> > And here it is attached. Sorry.
> >
> > Zoltan Boszormenyi ?rta:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> here's the patch with the modifications suggested by Tom Lane.
> >> The postfix rule was deleted from b_expr and the reverse parsing
> >> in ruleutils.c::get_oper_expr() always puts parentheses around
> >> postfix operators.
> >>
> >> Other changes:
> >> - OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE in COPY can appear
> >>   at any place in the option list.
> >> - pg_dump was modified accordingly
> >> - \copy built-in in psql now also accepts OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE
> >> - documentation and testcase updates
> >>
> >> Please, review.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Zolt?n B?sz?rm?nyi
> >>
> >
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> Zolt?n B?sz?rm?nyi
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