Andreas Pflug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Maybe my proposal wasn't clear enough:
> Just as an index references a pg_class entry by it's OID, not some value 
> identifying it's physical storage, all objects might continue 
> referencing columns by attnum.

That's exactly the same thing I am saying.  Your mistake is to assume
that this function can be combined with identification of a (changeable)
logical column position.  It can't.  Changeability and immutability are
just not compatible requirements.

                        regards, tom lane

---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives?

               http://archives.postgresql.org

Reply via email to