Re: Comment 1966 added to page ddl-alter.html of version - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Justin Clift
Subject Re: Comment 1966 added to page ddl-alter.html of version
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Msg-id 41DC9FA6.1040000@postgresql.org
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In response to Comment 1966 added to page ddl-alter.html of version 7.4  (nobody <nobody@developer.pgadmin.org>)
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nobody wrote:
> Author: Alex French <alexfrench@gmail.com>
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> Note that pg does not support changing the type of a column. Instead, use something like the code below to change,
say,a varchar(32) into varchar(64) (assuming the collumn is called abc): 

Hi all,

PG 8 allows for changing the column type doesn't it, as one of the
"important new features"?

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


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