Re: Dropped attributes in postgres

Chris Capel wrote:
> Shouldn't dropped attributes (like columns, which remain in the
> table invisibly after dropped) be ignored by LIST-ATTRIBUTES? Since
> they can't be accessed by SQL, there's not much point in including
> them.

I'm not familiar with this aspect of postgresql.

> And completely off-topic, what is the rationale behind leaving
> dropped columns in the physical table like that? I wasn't aware of
> this issue before CLSQL.

Perhaps because the columns could be recovered before performing some
sort of expunge operation? But, I don't really know. If that is the
case, the columns on are "half-deleted". I still think your patch
makes sense for consistency sake.

Kevin