Re: delete column

Hillensbeck, Preston wrote:
> 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 :)

This is from the FAQ, which appears in my book. I think I wrote that
too, or at least with help from others. Wish we had a cleaner way, but
right now, that is all we have.

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