| From: | Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | Prabu Subroto <prabu_subroto(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Postgres General Milis <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: altering the datatype of a column. |
| Date: | 2004-08-04 18:02:24 |
| Message-ID: | 1091642544.31602.3090.camel@linda |
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On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 18:47, Prabu Subroto wrote:
> Dear my friends...
>
> I want to change the datatype of a completed table
> (has had already content).
> But I don't know how.
...
> Please tell me how.
It is not possible in 7.4
Create a new column of the correct type; update the table to set the new
column to have the data from the old one; delete the old column; rename
the new one.
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