Update ALTER TABLE docs to mention using VACUUM FULL for rewrites.

Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>

Commit: edad08ba545b43261b4d54d65122b45c9b5ee801
Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-02-04T18:08:56Z
Releases: 9.1.0
Update ALTER TABLE docs to mention using VACUUM FULL for rewrites.

Remove the claim that ALTER TABLE .. SET DATA TYPE is the fastest way of
rewriting a table, since it no longer is.

Noah Misch and Robert Haas, based on a suggestion from Tom Lane.

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