Re: Altering multiple column types

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 9:39 AM Bharanee Rathna <deepfryed(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi Luca,
>
> I've tried it with a different client and Postgres 10.9, no luck
>
> psql (10.3, server 10.9)

I've fired up a 12beta2 and it works, either with psql 12 or psql 11.4 on linux.
What if you run the statements within another client (pgadmin, a java
client or something else)?

% psql -U postgres testdb
psql (12beta2)
Type "help" for help.

testdb=# create table users(id serial primary key, name varchar(255),
age int, email varchar(255));
CREATE TABLE
testdb=# create index users_email_idx on users(email);
CREATE INDEX
testdb=# alter table users alter column name type text, alter column
email type text;
ALTER TABLE
testdb=# SELECT version();
version
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 12beta2 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Ubuntu
8.3.0-6ubuntu1~18.10.1) 8.3.0, 64-bit
(1 row)

% ~/git/misc/PostgreSQL/pgenv/pgsql-11.4/bin/psql -U postgres testdb

psql (11.4, server 12beta2)
WARNING: psql major version 11, server major version 12.
Some psql features might not work.
Type "help" for help.

testdb=# drop table users;
DROP TABLE
testdb=# create table users(id serial primary key, name varchar(255),
age int, email varchar(255));
CREATE TABLE
testdb=# create index users_email_idx on users(email);
CREATE INDEX
testdb=# alter table users alter column name type text, alter column
email type text;
ALTER TABLE