From: | Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <tih+mail(at)Hamartun(dot)Priv(dot)NO> |
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To: | Joao Paulo Felix <felix(at)cyclades(dot)com> |
Cc: | "pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] delete columm help |
Date: | 1998-05-28 05:32:08 |
Message-ID: | 86k9772c6f.fsf@barsoom.Hamartun.Priv.NO |
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Joao Paulo Felix <felix(at)cyclades(dot)com> writes:
> 1) Good books/reference on PostgreSQL for a novice?
I've no particular SQL book to recommend, although I hear much good
about Joe Celco's "SQL for Smarties". For a very good online
tutorial, check out <http://w3.one.net/~jhoffman/sqltut.htm>.
> 2) How do I delete a columm from a table, I have tried to use the
> following:
>
> DELETE FROM table_name columm_name
That should be
alter table table_name drop column column_name;
However, it's not yet implemented. You might rename the table, create
a new one lacking the offending column, and copy the data over. On
the other hand, you might just not worry about it. That's one of the
great things about SQL: if you can take the space consumption hit, an
extraneous column doesn't matter. Just don't "select *", which you
normally shouldn't do anyway.
-tih
--
Popularity is the hallmark of mediocrity. --Niles Crane, "Frasier"
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