| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh(at)pop(dot)jaring(dot)my> |
| Cc: | "Hillensbeck, Preston" <PHillensbeck(at)sfbcic(dot)com>, "'webmaster'" <webmaster(at)harbornet(dot)com>, "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: delete column |
| Date: | 2002-04-27 06:01:55 |
| Message-ID: | 200204270601.g3R61t800350@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Lincoln Yeoh wrote:
> >Good. However, why do you do the 'create new table' when the SELECT
> >INTO creates the table?
> >
> >FAQ updated to take advantage of rollback-able DROP TABLE:
>
> Oops my mistake! I actually didn't use select into to create the table,
> because I didn't want the columns exactly the same as before - was
> switching from varchar to text.
Oh, yes, that makes sense for your case. You can't control the data
types with SELECT INTO.
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