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doc: Clarify that COLUMN is optional in ALTER TABLE ... ADD/DROP COLUMN.
authorFujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
Thu, 5 Mar 2026 03:55:52 +0000 (12:55 +0900)
committerFujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
Thu, 5 Mar 2026 03:57:30 +0000 (12:57 +0900)
commit28239b761d20774b7d1a66616482b84db9baaafb
treeafdd4c09089254f38105e986dcd7a2b5105d60e6
parent6fb8f424be05148b584f0f206612fb35e4b0e107
doc: Clarify that COLUMN is optional in ALTER TABLE ... ADD/DROP COLUMN.

In ALTER TABLE ... ADD/DROP COLUMN, the COLUMN keyword is optional. However,
part of the documentation could be read as if COLUMN were required, which may
mislead users about the command syntax.

This commit updates the ALTER TABLE documentation to clearly state that
COLUMN is optional for ADD and DROP.

Also this commit adds regression tests covering ALTER TABLE ... ADD/DROP
without the COLUMN keyword.

Backpatch to all supported versions.

Author: Chao Li <lic@highgo.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEoWx2n6ShLMOnjOtf63TjjgGbgiTVT5OMsSOFmbjGb6Xue1Bw@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 14
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out
src/test/regress/sql/alter_table.sql