Re: Adding a Column: default values now allowed

Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:
> PostgreSQL 8.0.0rc4
> 5.6.1 "Adding a Column" says:

>   Also, you cannot define a default value on a new column.  According
>   to the SQL standard, this would have to fill the new columns in the
>   existing rows with the default value, which is not implemented yet.

Drat, I thought I'd caught all those.  Thanks.

            regards, tom lane