Re: [HACKERS] Adding alter column syntax into postgres

2009-08-03 Thread JwexlerAt MailDotCom
> Fortunately, there's already a specification discussed for this. We'd > like to have the ability for each column to have both a logical position > and a physical position which are separate. This would also allow us to > dynamically re-arrange the columns at CREATE time for best storage >

Re: [HACKERS] Adding alter column syntax into postgres

2009-08-03 Thread Josh Berkus
Jwexler, Please suggest how best to propose that the following feature be added to PostgreSQL's roadmap? Ability to "Alter column position" as described in the section "Adding alter column syntax into postgres" of http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Alter_column_position (and the two links in th

Re: [HACKERS] Adding alter column syntax into postgres

2009-08-03 Thread Alvaro Herrera
JwexlerAt MailDotCom wrote: > Please suggest how best to propose that the following feature be added to > PostgreSQL's roadmap? > > Ability to "Alter column position" as described in the section "Adding alter > column syntax into postgres" of > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Alter_column_posit

[HACKERS] Adding alter column syntax into postgres

2009-08-03 Thread JwexlerAt MailDotCom
Please suggest how best to propose that the following feature be added to PostgreSQL's roadmap? Ability to "Alter column position" as described in the section "Adding alter column syntax into postgres" of http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Alter_column_position (and the two links in that section)