Re: SET NULL / SET NOT NULL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Philip Warner
Subject Re: SET NULL / SET NOT NULL
Date
Msg-id 3.0.5.32.20020221142118.0361f860@mail.rhyme.com.au
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In response to Re: SET NULL / SET NOT NULL  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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At 10:28 21/02/02 +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>
>ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col DROP DEFAULT;
>ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col SET DEFAULT 't';
>ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col NULL;
>ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col NOT NULL;
>ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col varchar(50);
>ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col int4 NULL;
>ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col text NOT NULL;

Looks good.


>will we need to put the word 'SET' in after 'col'?

The spec only uses SET for the DEFAULT clause.


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