@ -3378,12 +3378,16 @@ ATRewriteTable(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Oid OIDNewHeap, LOCKMODE lockmode)
}
/*
* If we need to rewrite the table , the operation has to be propagated to
* tables that use this table ' s rowtype as a column type .
*
* ( Eventually this will probably become true for scans as well , but at
* the moment a composite type does not enforce any constraints , so it ' s
* not necessary / appropriate to enforce them just during ALTER . )
* If we change column data types or add / remove OIDs , the operation has to
* be propagated to tables that use this table ' s rowtype as a column type .
* newrel will also be non - NULL in the case where we ' re adding a column
* with a default . We choose to forbid that case as well , since composite
* types might eventually support defaults .
*
* ( Eventually we ' ll probably need to check for composite type
* dependencies even when we ' re just scanning the table without a rewrite ,
* but at the moment a composite type does not enforce any constraints ,
* so it ' s not necessary / appropriate to enforce them just during ALTER . )
*/
if ( newrel )
find_composite_type_dependencies ( oldrel - > rd_rel - > reltype ,