| From: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Guillaume Houssay <ghoussay(at)noos(dot)fr> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Alter table |
| Date: | 2003-07-30 17:01:36 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0307301100110.24999-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Guillaume Houssay wrote:
> I am looking for the SQL query to add a column in a table and having
> the column at specific position in the table (not at the end of the
> table).
>
> Do you have any idea ?
I think that's a TODO item (i.e. it's not implemented yet.)
Currently you'd have to either pg_dump and rearrange your data, or
recreate the table with a select into / insert from select type thing.
select field1, field2, field4, ''::text as newfield, field3 into newtable
from oldtable;
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