Re: [PATCH] ALTER TABLE ... SET STORAGE default

Hi Nikita,

> This seems a little bit confusing and thus very unfriendly for the user, because the actual meaning
> of the same 'DEFAULT' option will be different for each data type, and to check storage mode user
> has to query full table (or column) description.
> I'd rather add a paragraph in documentation describing each data type default storage mode.

I agree that "SET STORAGE default" syntax leaves much to be desired.

Personally I would prefer "RESET STORAGE" and "RESET COMPRESSION". But
since we already have "SET COMPRESSION default" this going to be
either two commands that do the same thing, or a broken backward
compatibility. Simply removing "SET COMPRESSION default" will make the
syntax consistent too, but again, this would be a broken backward
compatibility. I would argue that a sub-optimal but consistent syntax
that does the job is better than inconsistent syntax and figuring out
the default storage strategy manually.

But let's see what is others people opinion.

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev