Re: Change size of a field

From: ROUWEZ Stephane <stephane(dot)rouwez(at)ecolo(dot)be>
To: 'Achilleus Mantzios' <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
Cc: "'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>, LESNE Philippe <philippe(dot)lesne(at)ecolo(dot)be>
Subject: Re: Change size of a field
Date: 2002-07-30 08:07:24
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Hi,

Thank you, it works but I loose my foreign keys and the privileges for
groups and users.

Is there a solution ?

Stef

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Achilleus Mantzios [mailto:achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com]
Envoye : vendredi 26 juillet 2002 14:50
A : ROUWEZ Stephane
Cc : 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'; LESNE Philippe
Objet : Re: [SQL] Change size of a field

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, ROUWEZ Stephane wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to change the size of a field ?
> Actually, I have a field called 'nom' in varchar(50) and I want this field
> in varchar(80).
> I can't do it with PgAdmin. Is it normal ?

Pretty normal!
just
1) % pg_dump -t <tablename> <dbname> > <tablename>-DUMP.sql
2) % psql
# drop sequence <tablename>_id_seq;
3) vi <tablename>-DUMP.sql
change your varchar(50) to varchar(80)
4) psql
#\i <tablename>-DUMP.sql

There you go

>
> Tanks
>
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