FAQ doesn't mention ALTER COLUMN TYPE

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: FAQ doesn't mention ALTER COLUMN TYPE
Date: 2005-01-17 02:07:45
Message-ID: 20050117020745.GA83618@winnie.fuhr.org
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Question 4.4 in the FAQ, "How do you remove a column from a table,
or change its data type?" doesn't mention 8.0's ability to alter a
column's type with ALTER TABLE tab ALTER COLUMN col TYPE new_type.
Since 8.0 is coming up the FAQ should probably mention this.

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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