Re: Delete COLUMN data - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Igor Neyman
Subject Re: Delete COLUMN data
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Msg-id F4C27E77F7A33E4CA98C19A9DC6722A20221A335@EXCHANGE.corp.perceptron.com
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In response to Delete COLUMN data  (smiley2211 <smiley2211@yahoo.com>)
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It is called "update":

UPDATE <table_name> SET <column1> = NULL, <column2> = NULL, <column2> =
NULL;

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From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of smiley2211
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:27 AM
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: [ADMIN] Delete COLUMN data


Hello all,

I need to DELETE all the DATA from 3 columns in my table...what is the
BEST way to handle this???  I don't want to DROP the columns just clear
out ALL the data in those 3 fields...

Thanks...Michelle
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