> Is there a utility anywhere that can take an existing
> database and add or delete fields/tables? I often
> need to update databases on multiple machines
> that need the same structure but have different data,
> so dumping the data base, updating in a text editor
> and reloading gets too tedious and the sizes of
> all these are going to get too large eventually.
>
I'm not sure I understand the question, but can't you do this with
psql? You can add and delete tables, and add fields easily (alter table ...).
Dropping a field (column, attribute, whatever) can be done by creating
a temporary table via a select with the columns you want, dropping the
old table, and renaming the temp table to what you want.
Am I misunderstanding the question?
-- cary
