Re: ehm... drop column...

Poul L. Christiansen <poulc@cs.auc.dk>

From: "Poul L. Christiansen" <poulc@cs.auc.dk>
To: "D. Duccini" <duccini@backpack.com>
Cc: andrea gelmini <bungle@linux.it>, pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-10-31T13:34:52Z
Lists: pgsql-novice
3. Wait to january (hopefully not longer) when version 7.1 will have the
new "DROP COLUMN" command.

"D. Duccini" wrote:
> 
> its not really possible
> 
> best bet is to
> 
> 1. rename the column to something
> 
>    oldcolumn
> 
> optionally
> 
> 2. create a new table, and select into this new "clean" table, and the
> drop the old one
> 
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, andrea gelmini wrote:
> 
> > hi all,
> >       i'm going mad trying to find a way to delete a column
> >       in a table.
> >       if i try it like in oracle, with alter, it doesn't
> >       work, and i didn't find anything in the docs...
> >       so, i'm afraid it's not possibile...
> >
> > thanks for your time,
> > andrea
> >
> 
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