Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to v3.2.4 ecommerce custom fields functionality broken

OK, I'll send you the patches once I'm done. I'm still working on them... there are quite a few minor changes needed here and there. For example, ecommerce-widgets.tcl and ecommerce-utilities.tcl need to be patched for data-type changes, from Oracle's number to PG's float. The data-model needs minor mods too since one of the related triggers bumps into the 31 character limit of a standard PG make.

Big question though--what's the recommended workaround for PG's lack of an "alter table <...> drop column <...>" command? The standard procedure of copying a table to temp, dropping the original table, renaming the temp table, etc. is going to be an awful mess in this situation.