Alow ALTER COLUMN TYPE when dependent generated column has SET EXPRESSION

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ID 6146
Title Alow ALTER COLUMN TYPE when dependent generated column has SET EXPRESSION
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Stats (from CFBot) Patch version: v1, Patch count: 1, First patch: +130−21, All patches: +130−21
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Created 2025-10-21 07:13:37
Last modified 2025-10-21 07:13:38 (14 hours ago)
Latest email 2025-10-21 07:55:46 (13 hours ago)
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PG19-3 (2025-11-01 – 2025-11-30): Needs review
Target version 19
Authors Chao Li (chaol)
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Why cannot alter a column's type when it's used by a generated column
First at 2025-10-17 02:04:11 by Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com>
Latest at 2025-10-21 07:55:46 by Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com>
Latest attachment (v1-0001-Alow-ALTER-COLUMN-TYPE-when-dependent-generated-c.patch) at 2025-10-21 07:03:41 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com>
    Attachment (v1-0001-Alow-ALTER-COLUMN-TYPE-when-dependent-generated-c.patch) at 2025-10-21 07:03:41 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v1-0001-SET-DATA-TYPE-cope-with-generation-expression-dependency.patch) at 2025-10-20 07:51:11 from jian he <jian.universality at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
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2025-10-21 07:13:38 Chao Li (chaol) Attached mail thread A61F14F6-339D-46EF-9FC1-A8438FE3BE86@gmail.com
2025-10-21 07:13:37 Chao Li (chaol) Created patch record
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