On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:25, Marc Balmer <m...@msys.ch> wrote: > Am 22.01.12 14:22, schrieb Giuseppe Sucameli: > > test=> create table lx (xmin int); > > ERROR: column name "xmin" conflicts with a system > > column name > > > > test=> create table lx (i int); > > CREATE TABLE > > test=> alter table lx add xmin int; > > ERROR: column "xmin" of relation "lx" already exists. > > That is not a bug, but a feature. >
I see it as a message bug. Why wouldn't ALTER TABLE also tell us that xmin is a system column? It makes things much more clear for newbies who don't see the column yet are told it exists if they're also told it's a system column. I would try to cook up a patch but I have no skills :-(
