Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have given up working on the BETWEEN node. It got to the stage where I > > realised I was really out of my depth! Rod Taylor has indicated an interest > > in the problem and I have sent him my latest patch, so hopefully he'll be > > able to crack it. > > > > So instead, I've taken up with the DROP COLUMN crusade. It seems that the > > following are the jobs that need to be done: > > Great crusade! > > > * Add attisdropped to pg_attribute > > - Looking for takers for this one, otherwise I'll look into it. > > I can do this for you. Just let me know when. > > > * Fill out AlterTableDropColumn > > - I've done this, with the assumption that attisdropped exists. It sets > > attisdropped to true, drops the column default and renames the column. > > (Plus does all other normal ALTER TABLE checks) > > * Modify parser and other places to ignore dropped columns > > - This is also up for grabs. > > As I remember, Hiroshi's drop column changed the attribute number to a > special negative value, which required lots of changes to track.
??? What do you mean by *lots of* ? regards, Hiroshi Inoue http://w2422.nsk.ne.jp/~inoue/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]