From: | Godshall Michael <Michael_Godshall(at)gmachs(dot)com> |
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To: | 'Jodi Kanter' <jkanter(at)virginia(dot)edu>, Postgres Admin List <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: character type modification |
Date: | 2003-12-16 17:31:10 |
Message-ID: | A596FA3368757645AF862C701495CA0002A5E3A8@hor1mspmx01.gmachs.com |
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Existing table column data types cannot be altered in any stable version of
postgres(7.4 or previous). I don't know if it is available in a beta
release.
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[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Jodi Kanter
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:32 AM
To: Postgres Admin List
Subject: [ADMIN] character type modification
Can I alter a column from character varying(128) to text without having to
create a temp table? I am running 7.3.3.
Thanks
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University of Virginia
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