Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > However, I think we ought to handle > renaming a column symmetrically to adding one.
Yeah, I was thinking the same. > So here's a revised version of your patch that does that. This looks reasonable to me, except that possibly the new error message text could do with a bit more thought. It seems randomly unlike the normal message, and I also have a bit of logical difficulty with the wording equating a "column" with a "column name". The wording that is in use in the existing CREATE TABLE case is column name \"%s\" conflicts with a system column name We could do worse than to use that verbatim, so as to avoid introducing a new translatable string. Another possibility is column \"%s\" of relation \"%s\" already exists as a system column Or we could keep the primary errmsg the same as it is for a normal column and instead add a DETAIL explaining that this is a system column. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers