On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> Well, that assumes people read the documention and don't just do \d. >> Keeping cruft around over time makes the system more complex. > > This seems a case where column synonyms would have been useful (as was > the procpid / pid change).
Well it couldn't just be that, because the data type has changed, too. Unless you could make a kind of "view column" or something where the expression was `relpersistence <> 't'`. Best, David -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers