On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 12:00:30PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > 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.
I guess I just don't want to get into a situation where we have so many useless backward-compatible system columns it is distracting. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
