On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 10:45:59PM +0100, Dawid Kuroczko wrote:
> > alter table tab add column col integer not null default 42 check (col > 0);
>
> I think this will not solve the OP's problem. He wants to minimize the time
> a table is under exclusive lock, and this ALTER command will effectively
> rewrite the whole table (to add new not null column).
ISTM a while back someone adding a patch that made the above almost
instantaneous. Probably remembering wrong though.
Have a nice day,
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