On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Shigeru HANADA
<hanada@metrosystems.co.jp> wrote:
>> * Is there any use case for changing the handler or validator function
>> of an existign FDW with ALTER? To me it just seems like an unnecessary
>> complication.
>
> AFAICS, the only case for that is upgrading FDW to new one without
> re-creating foreign tables. I don't have strong opinion for this
> issue, and it seems reasonable to remove ALTER feature in first
> version.
-1. I don't think that removing the ability to change this is going
to save a measurable amount of complexity, and it certainly will suck
if you need it and don't have it.
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