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| From: | manaus <s_incocciati(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | type conversion |
| Date: | 2009-09-13 17:31:19 |
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hello,
I created a table with integer instead of boolean, but now I need to
change it. PdAdmin wont let me do it. Should I drop the (empty) table
and start again?
Thanks
| From: | John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com> |
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| To: | manaus <s_incocciati(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
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| Subject: | Re: type conversion |
| Date: | 2009-09-14 13:54:04 |
| Message-ID: | B8AA483B-D4DE-4A76-97C0-B95AC246D373@pgedit.com |
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On Sep 13, 2009, at 1:31 PM, manaus wrote:
> I created a table with integer instead of boolean, but now I need to
> change it. PdAdmin wont let me do it. Should I drop the (empty)
> table and start again?
See the SQL command ALTER TABLE and read the section on ALTER
[ COLUMN ] column [ SET DATA ] TYPE type [ USING expression ].
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-altertable.html
John DeSoi, Ph.D.