[postgis-users] DropGeometryColumn

[David Blasby]

Sorry, strk, I had forgotten you'd already made the DROP COLUMN patch 
for 7.3 and above patch.


strk wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:54:22AM -0800, David Blasby wrote:
> 
>>strk wrote:
>>
>>>I think it could be done applying a trigger from
>>>AddGeometryColumn(). Unfortunately the trigger(s) will 
>>>have to be hooked on system tables, which postgresql guys
>>>does not like. You can nonetheless try that out and let 
>>>us know.
>>
>>strk,
>>
>>DropGeometryColumn() should actually do an
>>
>>ALTER TABLE <table> DROP COLUMN <column>;
>>
>>The reason it doesnt is because postgresql 7.0 or 7.1 did NOT allow you 
>>to do this.  Since at least 7.2, we've been able to - we just havent 
>>updated the function.
>>
>>Could you change it so it does the DROP column instead of the sillyness 
>>it does now?
> 
> 
> The ALTER TABLE .. DROP COLUMN support appears in
> the PostgreSQL documentation only since version 7.3, see:
> 	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.2/static/sql-altertable.html
> 	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/sql-altertable.html
> 
> The SQL code should already be correct for PG>=73.
> ( since late december )
> 
> Please let me know if pgsql dox are broken/outdated.
> 
> 
>>dave
> 
> 
> --strk;
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