Tom Lane wrote:
> select * from another;
>  f1 |  f2   
> ----+-------
>   1 | one
>   2 | two
>   3 | three
> (3 rows)
> 
> alter table another
>   alter f1 type text using f2 || ' more',
>   alter f2 type bigint using f1 * 10;
> 
> select * from another;
>      f1     | f2 
> ------------+----
>  one more   | 10
>  two more   | 20
>  three more | 30
> (3 rows)

Wow, you can reference different column as part of the alter column.

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