On 11/12/16 2:18 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
>>>  I also wonder if we want an easier to
>>> > > extend form of pubinsert/update/delete (say to add pubddl, pubtruncate,
>>> > > pub ... without changing the schema).
>>> > > 
>> > 
>> > So like, text array that's then parsed everywhere (I am not doing
>> > bitmask/int definitely)?
> Yes, that sounds good to me. Then convert it to individual booleans or a
> bitmask when loading the publications into the in-memory form (which you
> already do).

I'm not sure why that would be better.  Adding catalog columns in future
versions is not a problem.  We're not planning on adding hundreds of
publication attributes.  Denormalizing catalog columns creates all kinds
of inconveniences, in the backend code, in frontend code, for users.

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