Re: Syntax error while altering col-type

From: KÖPFERL Robert <robert(dot)koepferl(at)sonorys(dot)at>
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Subject: Re: Syntax error while altering col-type
Date: 2005-01-13 08:48:02
Message-ID: ED4E30DD9C43D5118DFB00508BBBA76EB16542@neptun.sonorys.at
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> -----Original Message-----

>
> That's exactly the error you'd get on a pre-8.0 system that doesn't
> support altering a column's type. Are you looking at 8.0
> documentation
> but running a 7.x server? What does "SELECT version();" show?

Yes, that's it. I am looking into an 8.0 doc while running 7.4.
I'm a little bit perplexed now... is it really the case that pre 8.0 systems
aren't able to change col-types?
thx

>
> --
> Michael Fuhr
> http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
>

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