On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> I've now committed this part; the actual fix for pg_dump is still >> outstanding. I am not too in love with the syntax you've chosen here, >> but since I don't have a better idea I'll wait and see if anyone else >> wants to bikeshed. > > How about "ALTER TABLE tabname [NOT] OF TYPE typename"? It's at least a > smidgeon less ambiguous.
I thought of that, but I hate to make CREATE TABLE and ALTER TABLE almost-but-not-quite symmetrical. But one might well wonder why we didn't decide on: CREATE TABLE n OF TYPE t; ...rather than the actual syntax: CREATE TABLE n OF t; ...which has brevity to recommend it, but likewise isn't terribly clear. I presume someone will now refer to a standard of some kind.... -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
