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From: Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: SEARCH and CYCLE clauses
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:33:55 +0100
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On 6/15/20 11:49 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> To fix the star expansion I had to add a little bit of infrastructure
> that could also be used as a more general facility "don't include this
> column in star expansion", so this could perhaps use some consideration
> from a more general angle as well.

Could this work be salvaged to add the ability to ALTER a column to hide
it from star expansion?  That's a feature I've often seen requested,
especially from people working with PostGIS's geometry.

Totally off-topic for this thread, though.
-- 
Vik Fearing

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