On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 20:42, Tom Lane wrote: > "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> But you *didn't* make sure it would never be a problem. > > > Wasn't I looping until I found a unique name? > > My point was that there could still be a conflict against a user column > that the user tries to create *later*. So it's illusory to think that > making the name of a dropped column less predictable will improve > matters.
The simple (to describe, perhaps not to implement ;) way to resolve it would be for the ADD COLUMN (or CREATE TABLE INHERITS) rename the offending deleted column once more. -------------- Hannu ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]