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From Ankur Kaushik
Subject changing varchar to int
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Msg-id CALXoLqyfmWre=DC3yifOUJPtUK4vV+7LDSZzHk6ocZP1rv3rsg@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: changing varchar to int  (Ian Barwick <ian@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Column                   Type                                 Modifiers
model                | character varying(50)       | default NULL::character varying


Required Column

Model                   integer


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ALTER TABLE device ALTER COLUMN model TYPE integer USING (model::integer);


getting below error

ERROR:  default for column "model" cannot be cast automatically to type integer

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