Re: Changing types without DROP...CASCADE

[Bawer Dagdeviren <bawer(at)pucpac(dot)com>]

Dave Page wrote:
>  
>   
> > I think that this particular case is probably not that interesting to
> > most people (though that is not to say it shouldn't be done) - the more
> > common case is already on the TODO list as:
> >
> > - Recreate views after column type change
> >
> > Both are essentially the same problem, and as there may be more similar
> > cases that haven't yet been considered (or may only appear in future
> > releases of PostgreSQL), it seems to me that a relatively generic
> > mechanism for rebuilding dependent objects should be implemented. I
> > don't have time to look at this myself right now, but if you want to
> > please do, and feel free to post any questions you may have.
> >
> > Regards, Dave

Ok, Dave. I will start by looking around in the code-base and get to 
know it better. Then I'll try my best to tackle the TODO-entry!

Best wishes,

Bawer