Re: adding fields

Thank you. I found this doc just after I sent the email. I appreciate the quick response.
Jodi
----- Original Message -----
From: Florian Helmberger
To: Jodi Kanter
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:14 AM
Subject: RE: [ADMIN] adding fields

Hi.

You should use

ALTER TABLE <table> ADD COLUMN <column> <datatyp>;

instead. Also, take a look at the docs:

http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-altertable.html

Cheers,
Florian
-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Jodi Kanter
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:56 PM
To: Postgres Admin List
Subject: [ADMIN] adding fields

I need to add a field to an existing table that contains a good amount of data. Do I need to drop table, recreate, and then reload data to do this? I cannot seem to find any documentation to say otherwise.
Thanks
Jodi
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