(2010/03/11 23:55), Robert Haas wrote:
> 2010/3/10 KaiGai Kohei<kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>:
>> Indeed, it is useful to allow renaming attribute of composite types.
>>
>> However, it is also useless to allow to rename attribute of sequences,
>> but harmless, like renames on indexes. It seems to me it is fair enough
>> to allow renaming attributes of tables, views and composite types...
>
> I don't agree. I think users should be allowed to rename things they
> had a hand in naming in the first place (and index columns fall into
> that category, since the names are derived from table column names).
> But changing system-assigned column names for sequences or toast
> tables is just weird.
OK, the attached patch forbid to rename an attribute of relations except
for tables, views, composite types and indexes.
Thanks,
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KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>