Re: pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml ...

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml ...
Date: 2004-05-05 05:27:09
Message-ID: 40987B2D.8060700@familyhealth.com.au
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> * ALTER COLUMN TYPE. You can change a column's datatype to anything you
> want, so long as you can specify how to convert the old value. Rewrites
> the table. (Possible future improvement: optimize no-op conversions such
> as varchar(N) to varchar(N+1).)

That seriously makes me a happy little camper! Tell the world!

Chris

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