Re: [BUGS] Alter table add column ignores default

2001-05-11 Thread Tom Lane
Vince Vielhaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If this: > alter table foobar add column address varchar(50) default 'none'; > is the incorrect syntax, why does it not fail or at least give a > warning? Because it's incompletely implemented: the parser takes the full syntax but the ALTER TABLE rout

Re: [BUGS] Alter table add column ignores default

2001-05-11 Thread Vince Vielhaber
On 8 May 2001, Nabil Sayegh wrote: > On 05 May 2001 12:23:37 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Vince Vielhaber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 3 > > The lower the number the more severe it is. > > > > Short Description > > Alter table add column ignores default > > > > Long

Re: [BUGS] Alter table add column ignores default

2001-05-11 Thread Vince Vielhaber
On 8 May 2001, Nabil Sayegh wrote: > On 08 May 2001 10:31:17 -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > > http://hermes.swu.bg/postgres/postgres/sql-altertable.htm > > > The correct syntax is: > > > ALTER TABLE foobar add column address varchar(50); > > > ALTER TABLE foobar alter column address set defaul

Re: [BUGS] Alter table add column ignores default

2001-05-08 Thread Nabil Sayegh
On 08 May 2001 10:31:17 -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > http://hermes.swu.bg/postgres/postgres/sql-altertable.htm > > The correct syntax is: > > ALTER TABLE foobar add column address varchar(50); > > ALTER TABLE foobar alter column address set default 'none'; > > If this: > > alter table fooba

Re: [BUGS] Alter table add column ignores default

2001-05-08 Thread Nabil Sayegh
On 05 May 2001 12:23:37 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Vince Vielhaber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 3 > The lower the number the more severe it is. > > Short Description > Alter table add column ignores default > > Long Description > Alter table add column ignores the

[BUGS] Alter table add column ignores default

2001-05-05 Thread pgsql-bugs
Vince Vielhaber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 3 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description Alter table add column ignores default Long Description Alter table add column ignores the default values in both v7.0x and 7.1. In the example code the table is