Re: Changing data types - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alex Pilosov
Subject Re: Changing data types
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In response to Changing data types  ("Gowey, Geoffrey" <ggowey@rxhope.com>)
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And the answer is "no, you can't". Recreate the table with correct types
and insert the old values into it.

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Gowey, Geoffrey wrote:

> I posted this in my last message, but have not heard anything yet so I'm
> wondering if it was overlooked.  I need to know how to change a column from
> being say a varchar(9) to an integer.  Does anyone know how to change the
> data type?
> 
> Geoff
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