Christopher Browne cbbrowne
Thu Jun 29 14:49:47 PDT 2006
Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 08:36:01PM +0000, Christopher Browne wrote:
>   
>> 2.  SELECT * from some_table;
>>
>> ...now has an additional column with a pretty funky name.  Potentially,
>> the new column might not forcibly be "at the end", where apps might be
>> prone to ignore it...
>>     
>
> Which is why SELECT * isn't good code...
>   
It's worth observing that Slony-I didn't create the problem; it merely
exposed it up front.

If an application that used "SELECT *" had been pointed to a subscriber,
unpredictable results would occur...



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