Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 11:33:22AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: >> I don't think we can do this as presented. Maybe we could do >> something like constrain the stored value to be only 0 or 1, >> but how much does that improve matters?
> Well, then the question becomes will we retain useless system columns > forever? If the choice is "not break PHP" versus "get rid of a vestigial column", I know which one is the saner choice. There might be things that are worth breaking PHP for, but this isn't one. regards, tom lane