Dave Cramer wrote:
> Will adding the logical attribute number break all of the external
> tools? pg_dump, etc are all dependent on attnum now?
> 
> Would it be possible to keep the meaning of attnum the same externally
> and add another column internally to represent the physical number?

Interesting idea.  It would require a lot of code renaming in the
backend, but it could be done.

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