Re: Dropping column silently kills multi-coumn index (was [ODBC] Error when accessing tables with deleted columns)

"Glen Parker" <glenebob@nwlink.com> writes:
> Note that the ALTER TABLE query succeeded *quietly* and did in fact drop
> the index.

If indexes require a CASCADE to be dropped by DROP COLUMN, then DROP
TABLE on an indexed table would also require CASCADE.  Does that seem
like a good idea?

            regards, tom lane