Re: Making a varchar bigger - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Making a varchar bigger
Date
Msg-id 1432.1104465817@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Making a varchar bigger  (Derik Barclay <dbarclay@givex.com>)
Responses Re: Making a varchar bigger  (Derik Barclay <dbarclay@givex.com>)
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Derik Barclay <dbarclay@givex.com> writes:
> Specificaly I am looking at executing something like this:
> UPDATE pg_attribute SET atttypmod = 16 where attname = 'x' AND attrelid =
> (select pg_class.oid from pg_class where relname = 'mytable');

If you have any indexes or views referencing this column, then it's a
bit harder.  But for the table itself I believe that will work.

            regards, tom lane

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