Re: ehm... drop column...

From: "Poul L(dot) Christiansen" <poulc(at)cs(dot)auc(dot)dk>
To: "D(dot) Duccini" <duccini(at)backpack(dot)com>
Cc: andrea gelmini <bungle(at)linux(dot)it>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ehm... drop column...
Date: 2000-10-31 13:34:52
Message-ID: 39FECA7C.48932664@cs.auc.dk
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3. Wait to january (hopefully not longer) when version 7.1 will have the
new "DROP COLUMN" command.

"D. Duccini" wrote:
>
> its not really possible
>
> best bet is to
>
> 1. rename the column to something
>
> oldcolumn
>
> optionally
>
> 2. create a new table, and select into this new "clean" table, and the
> drop the old one
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, andrea gelmini wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> > i'm going mad trying to find a way to delete a column
> > in a table.
> > if i try it like in oracle, with alter, it doesn't
> > work, and i didn't find anything in the docs...
> > so, i'm afraid it's not possibile...
> >
> > thanks for your time,
> > andrea
> >
>
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