| From: | "Cary B(dot) O'Brien" <cobrien(at)access(dot)digex(dot)net> |
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| To: | fmorton(at)mail(dot)base2inc(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [INTERFACES] add/delete field utility? |
| Date: | 1998-09-03 17:44:19 |
| Message-ID: | 199809031744.NAA07093@access1.digex.net |
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> Is there a utility anywhere that can take an existing
> database and add or delete fields/tables? I often
> need to update databases on multiple machines
> that need the same structure but have different data,
> so dumping the data base, updating in a text editor
> and reloading gets too tedious and the sizes of
> all these are going to get too large eventually.
>
I'm not sure I understand the question, but can't you do this with
psql? You can add and delete tables, and add fields easily (alter table ...).
Dropping a field (column, attribute, whatever) can be done by creating
a temporary table via a select with the columns you want, dropping the
old table, and renaming the temp table to what you want.
Am I misunderstanding the question?
-- cary
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