-- The view will be rebuilt with the new column DROP VIEW template_with_users; ALTER TABLE templates ADD COLUMN deprecated TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''; COMMENT ON COLUMN templates.deprecated IS 'If set to a non empty string, the template will no longer be able to be used. The message will be displayed to the user.'; -- Restore the old version of the template_with_users view. CREATE VIEW template_with_users AS SELECT templates.*, coalesce(visible_users.avatar_url, '') AS created_by_avatar_url, coalesce(visible_users.username, '') AS created_by_username FROM templates LEFT JOIN visible_users ON templates.created_by = visible_users.id; COMMENT ON VIEW template_with_users IS 'Joins in the username + avatar url of the created by user.';