> However, I'm not happy with the way dropped columns are renamed. I want to > give them a name that no-one would ever want to use as a legit column name. > I don't like this behaviour:
Yes, how about prepending a character that would usually need to be escaped. I like Hannu's proposal with the blanks " col1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:00", the underscores are too commonly used. Maybe add two characters, one special and a backspace after the first blank. So it would print nicely, but be very unlikely. I would prefer a simple but highly predictable rule, where you can say "Don't name your columns starting with " \353\010" (blank, greek d, BS) over some random algo that stays out of the way by means of low probability. Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
