pgsql-server: Recommend ALTER TABLE ...

From: tgl(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql-server: Recommend ALTER TABLE ...
Date: 2004-05-27 03:30:38
Message-ID: 20040527033038.5B168D1CA43@svr1.postgresql.org
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Recommend ALTER TABLE ... TYPE as the best way to reclaim space occupied by deleted columns. The old method involving UPDATE and VACUUM FULL will be considerably less efficient.

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pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref:
alter_table.sgml (r1.69 -> r1.70)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml.diff?r1=1.69&r2=1.70)

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