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From tgl@svr1.postgresql.org (Tom Lane)
Subject pgsql-server: Recommend ALTER TABLE ...
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Msg-id 20040527033038.5B168D1CA43@svr1.postgresql.org
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Recommend ALTER TABLE ... TYPE as the best way to reclaim space occupied by deleted columns.  The old method involving
UPDATEand VACUUM FULL will be considerably less efficient. 

Modified Files:
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    pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref:
        alter_table.sgml (r1.69 -> r1.70)

(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml.diff?r1=1.69&r2=1.70)

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