Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > I suggest ALTER TABLE should respond to a parameter setting of ddl_dry_run > = on, so the whole world doesn't need to rewrite its syntax to support the > new option.
We were just busy shooting down a different suggestion of behavior-changing GUCs. A GUC that turns all ALTERs into no-ops sure seems like a foot-gun to me.
How would you test a script? Manually edit each one with the new option? Manual editing is more of a foot gun.
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