Re: changing data type

can't do it (in 6.x)

the best you can do is

alter table rename column1 to oldcolumn1

alter table add column1 attr type;

then insert into it from the old one

alternately, dump the data out, and reload into your new table



On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Chris wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I tried to do a search for this, but couldn't find anything.
> How do I change a datatype in postgres?
> eg, change a column from being "text" to "varchar".
> 
> Thanks
> ------------------------
> Chris Smith
> http://www.squiz.net
> 


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