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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19.03.2019 16:56, Moin Akther wrote:<br>
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Dear Experts,</div>
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We want to add a column on table size of 1.5TB, we have to
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What are the best practises to add a column on huge table ?</div>
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How much time alter statement will take to add column ?</div>
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Any alternate solution other than alter statement to add column
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Will adding a new column on a huge table generate huge WAL files
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<p>No offense, but don't you have any test environment?</p>
<p>Try that or maybe you have so show times.</p>
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