Re: changing column from int4 to int8, what happens with indexes?

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 09:47:30AM +0100, David Teran wrote:

> well, i think the answer is simple 'it works' but i am not sure. When i
> change the column type from int4 to int8, are the indexes still usable
> or do i have to drop the indexes and create them again?

What happened when you tried it? You can use EXPLAIN or EXPLAIN
ANALYZE to see if the planner will use an index.

If you changed the type with 8.0's ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN TYPE
then see the documentation for ALTER TABLE:

ALTER COLUMN TYPE

This form changes the type of a column of a table. Indexes and
simple table constraints involving the column will be automatically
converted to use the new column type by reparsing the originally
supplied expression.

If you did something else, then what was it?

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