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authorRobert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>2011-04-20 22:49:37 -0400
committerRobert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>2011-04-20 22:49:37 -0400
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Allow ALTER TYPE .. ADD ATTRIBUTE .. CASCADE to recurse to descendants.
Without this, adding an attribute to a typed table with an inheritance child fails, which is surprising. Noah Misch, with minor changes by me.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_type.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_type.sgml
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@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ ALTER TYPE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> ADD VALUE <replacea
<listitem>
<para>
Automatically propagate the operation to typed tables of the
- type being altered.
+ type being altered, and their descendants.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>