| From: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Erwin Ambrosch <ambre(at)ebutec(dot)com> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ALTER TABLE |
| Date: | 2002-06-04 15:28:48 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0206040923280.29507-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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You can't change it in place safely.
But you can use select into syntax with an explicit cast like so:
select field1::varchar(64) into newtable from oldtable
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Erwin Ambrosch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to change the type of a column from VARCHAR(32) to VARCHAR(64) without
> dropping and recreating the table. Can one give me a hint how I can do this.
>
> Thanks Erwin
>
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