Re: change existing table definition - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Brad Nicholson
Subject Re: change existing table definition
Date
Msg-id 42C16C88.5060700@ca.afilias.info
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In response to Re: change existing table definition  (Chuming Chen <chen@musc.edu>)
List pgsql-admin
Chuming Chen wrote:

> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
>> Chuming Chen wrote:
>>
>>
>>> How can I change the column definition of an existing table, ie. from
>>> varchar(30) to varchar(50)? Is there any way to add a new column to
>>> an existing table?
>>>
>>
>>
>> The ALTER TABLE command can do all that.  You need version 8.0 or
>> later for some functionality though.
>>
>>
>>
> Is there another way to do it in 7.* ?
>

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#4.3

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