On Jun 23, 2011, at 12:52 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Excerpts from Joshua D. Drake's message of mié jun 22 15:37:17 -0400 2011: >> Per: >> >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-11/msg02043.php >> >> It seems we did come up with a use case in the procpid discussion. The >> ability to change the names of columns/databases etc, to handle the >> fixing of bad decision decisions during development over time. >> >> Thoughts? > > Let's start with what was discussed and supported in that thread, that > is, databases. It seems less clear that columns are widely believed to > be a good idea to have synonyms for. Besides, synonyms for databases > should be reasonably simple to implement, which is not something I would > say for columns.
sorry, i missed the links: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-03/msg00085.php many thanks, hans -- Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH Gröhrmühlgasse 26 A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria Web: http://www.postgresql-support.de -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
