Re: delete column

But you lose all your RI constraints. I keep the RI constraints in a separate file so I can re-create them when I need to ...

>>> "Hillensbeck, Preston" <PHillensbeck(at)sfbcic(dot)com> 04/26/02 01:49PM >>>
There isn't a DROP COLUMN function yet, but you can do this...

SELECT ... -- select all columns but the one you want to remove
INTO TABLE new_table
FROM old_table;
DROP TABLE old_table;
ALTER TABLE new_table RENAME TO old_table;

This is straight out of Bruce Momjian's book, so you can give him credit for
this :)

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 7:51 AM
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [GENERAL] delete column

I know this is an easy question, but I can't find any info on how do
this in the PostgreSQL book. How do you delete a column? I've been
able to delete tables, db's, rows, etc. But can't figure out how to
just delete a column. I'm running RedHat 7.2 and PostgreSQL 7.1

Thanks for any help.

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