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To: Quentin de Metz <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Sharp edge when dropping columns
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:01:30 -0700
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 11:45 AM Quentin de Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I found this behavior unexpected.
>
In general it is advisable to rely on documented behaviors rather than
expectations.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-altertable.html
This long-standing behavior seems unlikely to be changed. Preventing the
column from being dropped would in any case be the accepted outcome, not
leaving an index behind that refers to a column that doesn't exist.
David J.
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