In the previous patch, we added a "view virtual" flag on columns. In this
patch we add persistance to this flag: I.e., writing it to the on-disk
schema table and reading it back on startup. But the implementation is
not as simple as adding a flag:
In the on-disk system tables, we have a "columns" table listing all the
columns in the database and their types. Cqlsh's "DESCRIBE MATERIALIZED
VIEW" works by reading this "columns" table, and listing all of the
requested view's columns. Therefore, we cannot add "virtual columns" -
which are columns not added by the user and not intended to be seen -
to this list.
We therefore need to create in this patch a separate list for virtual
columns, in a new table "view_virtual_columns". This table is essentially
identical to the existing "columns" table, just separate. We need to write
each column to the appropriate table (columns with the view_virtual flag to
"view_virtual_columns", columns without it to the old "columns"), read
from both on startup, and remember to delete columns from both when a table
is dropped.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Har'El <nyh@scylladb.com>
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