Re: bug in 7.4 SET WITHOUT OIDs

Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
>> I am currently testing a fix that allows you to say
>> ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN oid;
>> which will behave the same way a regular user-column DROP would.

> Will it handle this case:
> usa=# create table testy (a int4) without oids;
> usa=# alter table testy add oid int4;

No.  This is DROP not ADD.

> How about the syntax:
> ALTER TABLE t DROP OIDS;

Why?  We already have one nonstandard-and-redundant syntax for this,
we surely do not need another.
        regards, tom lane