Re: Postgres 11 release notes

On 05/12/2018 08:47 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 01:22:55PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
>> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>>> Done and URL updated.
>> I have some feedback on "Allow NOT NULL to be added to columns without
>> requiring a table rewrite". I suggest that this be phrased as "Avoid a
>> table rewrite when ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN sets a default value for a
>> column". Referencing the fact that Postgres was previously able to do
>> this with a NULL default doesn't seem to add anything.
> Agreed, done:
>
>         Allow <command>ALTER TABLE</command> to add a non-null default
>         column without a table rewrite (Andrew Dunstan, Serge Rielau)
>


I think "a column with a non-null default" would be a bit clearer than
"a non-null default column".

cheers

andrew

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