From: | Gary Stainburn <gary(dot)stainburn(at)ringways(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | mohan(at)physics(dot)gmu(dot)edu, <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: URGENT!!! changing Column size |
Date: | 2003-10-27 17:50:03 |
Message-ID: | 200310271750.03143.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk |
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On Monday 27 Oct 2003 5:10 pm, mohan(at)physics(dot)gmu(dot)edu wrote:
> Hi can we change the size of a column in postgres. I have a table named
> institution and column name is name varchar2(25), i want to change it to
> varchar2(50). Please let me know.
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> --Mohan
try
alter table institution add column newname varchar2(50);
update institution set newname = name;
alter table institution drop column namel;
alter table institution rename column newname to name;
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