Doc: clarify when table rewrites happen with column addition and DEFAULT
authorMichael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:42:33 +0000 (11:42 +0900)
committerMichael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:42:33 +0000 (11:42 +0900)
commit1300fa66b2f3d0dcd2eed7a5eff9e3fc22807f7c
treeebfcdf026121820e69e666e8215e87fdd175e96b
parent5f3840370b63fdf17f704a285623ccc233fa8d4f
Doc: clarify when table rewrites happen with column addition and DEFAULT

16828d5 has improved ALTER TABLE so as a column addition does not
require a rewrite for a non-NULL default with constant expressions, but
one spot in the documentation did not get updated consistently.
The documentation also now clarifies the fact that this does not apply
if the expression is volatile, where a table rewrite is still required.

Reported-by: Daniel Westermann
Author: Ian Barwick
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier, Daniel Westermann
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/DB6PR0902MB2184C7D5645CF15D75EB7957D2CF0@DB6PR0902MB2184.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com
Backpatch-through: 11
doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml