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Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:26:07 +0200 Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:26:07 +0200 From: Karsten Hilbert To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Feature Proposal: Column-Level DELETE Operation in SQL Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Ma_X_il-Followup-to: d Re_X_turn-receipt-to: Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net Di_X_sposition-Notification-To: Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net X-Confi_X_rm-Reading-To: Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net X-Pri_X_ority: 2 (High) Sender: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:qISXLYFpzCeCMPt73h8+HuZe0NGHi5VUcYGxvRSq6w+fKr2sgnv MY85HPD0yKz/nTgL3zm4v2s+Z93maA1tQKXR/j0dv6bSnXDti1pjEPFlOvX1HugqQFvwfEx N4H3z1+jphMxvh10xvIWJ1lDISOS2bOWeHBlMz7S9wKmD1l+9DF4TRn7Eb3LRSg9qpPezjH hlWEB/N691VeF7HabkLOQ== X-Spam-Flag: NO UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:u3v4B5R5o3U=;drKEJiDfQm0JGH+Z5GOWCS45eJ5 w2uKnj+LrgT5AUpxBchYPIjEVSfnbrwvUTPMHxjeNh4xiV9kU/Vka9D7Mwfe2pmRxC/tmG9ZJ hJ57VzpcGLbdrTGkCInixQpgwa61FP1aEYBvE+DZGTCcJ2h/4cUhLfU9x9oUBMRP0jRrn2yeL G/UevZIhrPKm8nEV3PHopMEanCx28aSm2J4WUy+f8LxGqgREH17taPhh5ZqEkveOLea58P2IK lXDfhat9bjQJ8VY1NBej1nVx67h43XJBZA10HTvav+wOumyeCIF6EPgSA3GdBDJ05FVvJJ+q9 kGT3g7yo6ySGWXU5NLEKFW5UvAMbmQk74BtEkKOoCcBEdkZd0OppJncmxEX7CX6R5mftN5jge ycZDNxNhOYtUYat/uoSRuCDqaVRxBWxoS3UTlVke0Q7ImNhWZYzwqilkaZKBUc3CfOVHW2nsd yerf/SEenuYaci6SBqvko98hS8IE1cr1kbHL2eXdIlcGWOydXLFR8IHlDk5VMUzTCBmnkTvSG vucJ7XWiL4nlyFBl/kAhvaBJF/bfuYueY+tZha8Q+xycjN/YKjs378Y5wU26CN58ml5aJexFR kyP6TEObkstorDuokHxS3hDhJFnbRfGXjqG23Uv+xkNcMwcLKwx01OaCkDURYivrwKIbL4kDQ I9P6G5T/HBeHKy7eA9/+KNzik+Q6T7/46smfAq/gbfvDPi7eY9uwd5nfcf2TB2O6PRKm0tBBn 24pYjyxzz+/cO7AlMaAWcAHLmwA6J+NPwv8KDW8wZtWDfMmqpWtmCuAmys/NGqOwUXl41ABsA 4CphlsZCh8OQmuXMM0yiENFV+U/0tDWy9/n5WEaAwkN8Y638GsRTWcclzDPlm96BtaK51y14W bNLU8x+DAUYBdhPdnvG/ZGs5HnOju9APKwwxpuADJUDIuOs4aF5dqfD7J+8ICXnrij5VP/9aW xBdZnHAaSE7S8KWK8D8OV1O7NaLWtyikweyR3ppqwb3QapVgf+oY/tcxhL3JeVpmaW+kNIrXd Reus50rCqnIy+SP4Eg+DVwDyXIVxXB9DDBzOrB51EYMJO2DbbCisBBwgfnUm8/x/EQCix/cO8 99Rc6HFIrW5wdxfFBsIzbMHwbRuj3iOYP3d4ATDN4CMJUEp4cAM8vqvoOcso2i021XpqZZCxC DLfOi+aTAiUEu0XAvMcguC6oTaRoevFTVgix0ClbUnlK1UfNo6nLzYhrf2KZZdGlXJ5edCIHa ESkIudlK0VDamZvBnN6IcIlh8DHHoSoqmX8rol14l66xAix85HDVcPAZEIQnfknOKvzyh91CP kZuyVvKyFHzkh9g2Y9sWlYdYe0pzaHo3ClIyDuYbKQlhlpRfRlFGvkz7u4sE2mK+vWVZm3rU7 iVu3EyiphI+5Pc0MoUSaboHEZSePel01ohsGsGzelyyDcZhn3jnBgyDcVZIIV50MlNZLZI20Q OsyYvjzFeE7XjRX9Ey8N+WfshTV8hU7sc7UE9HtONbiB+/zgHw7sQEVYHn/d/3fbcglIpAEYQ 8/zpoWjLthfjE9lK2Q4qqOYiprmdFDHh6oxRfTaLJe4hFZGRE3a89jWSI3tYmUWGg07QFOcsx t6Y0pdWNkWLuD0A/FfC093UKYIRHCXnlOntIjWamYffglXryvnQVmriBDGCnUkK/4ixsfQgsD zhOgYm1ttsugQVI1I164pJfX5zqA+eTfGgp5fQXouqcrfvila2VndLG40Q+tiTaAVfK7XrtjV zH2vNJEGINexg3Jg9+6Aq7A0dxz5/XrbTCaoBl19yybfyXdFzaF5aF4DAysvd9EfdNVvxl47M bYbhZv477zfiWbl6Xma9SGXR4bjoXFZzZ7NDCsLMcI6lQFogW09RZRCi+6xInRJb2+147Rxn1 emr/GfBbPts3w4zAs4LSziUIhjPMxitgczhJt1uI46pTi9gHQgoQeA6iVslgGZ7TcynhIv6Gc 37uHKJnC6U9LlBnUGEIIYOl2IHsslwp2uxy3fq1tZSFOJFqqxzsnW+/EXsOhnybapE2Y/Zxrm FTTRcl5Olr/bMaYbJtNwd/hbUcCa05jHCJP858UI9Me+MHsc6wpVNlnaq+TpGvlFCBjTdYcqA fcX4dRFKaU+8PYglKWpNTpjtFGmRefL+coZv2cR7Z2s2ldtelRa8OK98zWUNfD6z4BWnqw6rQ nQIncmECg79CHXWWza7HZe4p5j5sPs3GKzKxSWFKysPNBvh6MnazupjvhO3wRrIW6KF4595QD JWHYW0w6yP7HXm8NvKyNuUJrtdPlpD/BZSBvCVcOZz3PGUtwsr0dCZpADxRnDuGznny6NxbhL LnNR4xP72gazLieEOoaATxeZzkRWgCZZfYX2IlOal5bc5B6xbPKLtjl/5bNSkQ3Go7NHYC9wU o9eqSJFBXIzCjBat1oPIiNxCbW9APhHF157yC9p78heu08qf3k56qgziqVZgfIbNxSnjG1o3Y akIYB4LJpCnYhTBzgJi7F5l9NzyMzPxVgP944TKca0dEstJ8yCX2ijOpI0IWtZvHqYZOPdwzW 0ik8PO8AcRWE+HA0G4EzhHXx6YY99i/9HnI3vobNjbFhYWwExJlEa5q7QDYP28Ypl4m8b1X1f 3lq7VcsVIff6UdvF7SxnOj0CQVX2x8/QixTL8I2iVfiVXIAFVDdEY0jnWRyej/88jQPVJCGhc pE3EMocyy24pvJCW5cd2F7wHElOnMQ7ajEZbnfe28iAyEs/FBteOfW8Wp3tvX6wsRTL+K4Lto 0c+GCIzBDhAZx8be/vrwtEyTNRcF+3tpE4f6VHbdQ6084rHsvXedv3XHcvIODiGPB9nKC+5RF lz7hPF4OpEn7SdV6ltsH24iLqLTcdeaYNurNFGOfcunh5YrZhQfs3+J5LNFk5xYYdD0/RxekP st8OXmoR92HMdFRZemRZE24+rlhpjekOpBlnAj1+oHdFFSL2TaJ6qo6bJIfh8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Am Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 10:23:30PM +0530 schrieb Abhishek Hatgine: > *deleting* a value is conceptually different from *updating* it to NU= LL. In what way ? In other words, you'll have to much better define what you mean be "deleting a value". DROP COLUMN already exists, for that matter. Updating a column to its DEFAULT value may also be closer to what you envision a "column-delete" to do. Karsten =2D-=20 GPG 40BE 5B0E C98E 1713 AFA6 5BC0 3BEA AC80 7D4F C89B