X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1ABE3A4FCA for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:57:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 54080-09 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:57:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA90C3A4F08 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:57:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j09GvhS5027706; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 11:57:43 -0500 (EST) To: Michael Fuhr Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Adding a Column: default values now allowed In-reply-to: <20050109074156.GA35473@winnie.fuhr.org> References: <20050109074156.GA35473@winnie.fuhr.org> Comments: In-reply-to Michael Fuhr message dated "Sun, 09 Jan 2005 00:41:56 -0700" Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 11:57:42 -0500 Message-ID: <27705.1105289862@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.002 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/15 X-Sequence-Number: 2774 Michael Fuhr writes: > PostgreSQL 8.0.0rc4 > 5.6.1 "Adding a Column" says: > Also, you cannot define a default value on a new column. According > to the SQL standard, this would have to fill the new columns in the > existing rows with the default value, which is not implemented yet. Drat, I thought I'd caught all those. Thanks. regards, tom lane