On 03/09/2016 11:07 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> On 03/09/2016 09:56 AM, Matthias Kurz wrote:
>>> Right now it is not possible to rename an enum value.
>>> Are there plans to implement this anytime soon?
>> I don't know of any plans, but it would be a useful thing. I agree it
>> wouldn't be too hard. The workaround is to do an update on pg_enum
>> directly, but proper SQL support would be much nicer.
> I have a vague recollection that we discussed this at the time the enum
> stuff went in, and there are concurrency issues? Don't recall details
> though.
>
>
Rings a vague bell, but should it be any worse than adding new labels?
cheers
andrew