<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Isthere a reason why either pgAdmin or
postgresqlitself can not use the following method for doing column width changes:</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
href="http://sniptools.com/databases/resize-a-column-in-a-postgresql-table-without-changing-data">http://sniptools.com/databases/resize-a-column-in-a-postgresql-table-without-changing-data</a></span><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanstyle="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanstyle="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">particularly in the
casewhere the column is used in views etc, unless there is a down-side to using this approach?</span><p
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class="MsoNormal"><spanstyle="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Regards,</span><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanstyle="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Peter.</span><p
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