Update ALTER TABLE docs to mention using VACUUM FULL for rewrites.
Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
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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