Re: Changed a column type from "integer" to varchar

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Ying Lu <ying_lu(at)cs(dot)concordia(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Changed a column type from "integer" to varchar
Date: 2004-09-14 20:33:32
Message-ID: 4147559C.5010403@commandprompt.com
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Hello,

You can not currently change the data type with alter table.

J

Ying Lu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about alter a column's type in a postgreSQL table.
>
> For example, I have 10, 000 records in a table name "test", I'd like to
> change column "machineID" type from integer to varchar. I am looking for
> something like:
>
> alter table test alter column machineID ... ... varchar
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
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