Re: type conversion

From: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
To: manaus <s_incocciati(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: type conversion
Date: 2009-09-14 13:54:04
Message-ID: B8AA483B-D4DE-4A76-97C0-B95AC246D373@pgedit.com
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On Sep 13, 2009, at 1:31 PM, manaus wrote:

> I created a table with integer instead of boolean, but now I need to
> change it. PdAdmin wont let me do it. Should I drop the (empty)
> table and start again?

See the SQL command ALTER TABLE and read the section on ALTER
[ COLUMN ] column [ SET DATA ] TYPE type [ USING expression ].

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-altertable.html

John DeSoi, Ph.D.

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