Re: Comment 1966 added to page ddl-alter.html of version

From: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Comment 1966 added to page ddl-alter.html of version
Date: 2005-01-06 02:17:10
Message-ID: 41DC9FA6.1040000@postgresql.org
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nobody wrote:
> Author: Alex French <alexfrench(at)gmail(dot)com>
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> Note that pg does not support changing the type of a column. Instead, use something like the code below to change, say, a varchar(32) into varchar(64) (assuming the collumn is called abc):

Hi all,

PG 8 allows for changing the column type doesn't it, as one of the
"important new features"?

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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