Re: Can WE modify column of a table in postgres 7.3

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: "sharma;G(dot)S(dot)" <ghanshyam(at)newgen(dot)co(dot)in>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can WE modify column of a table in postgres 7.3
Date: 2005-04-02 01:05:42
Message-ID: 20050402010542.GA8963@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 12:37:51PM +0530, sharma;G.S. wrote:
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> I want to rename and modify the data type of a column in postgres 7.3
> can any body help me ...that it is possible to do the above in postgres
> and if yes pls provide me the syntax

You can rename columns with ALTER TABLE:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/interactive/sql-altertable.html

In 8.0 and later you can use ALTER TABLE to change a column's type;
see the FAQ for how to do it in older versions:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#4.3

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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