Re: ehm... drop column... - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From D. Duccini
Subject Re: ehm... drop column...
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Msg-id Pine.GSO.4.03.10010310152590.29183-100000@ra.bpsi.net
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In response to ehm... drop column...  (andrea gelmini <bungle@linux.it>)
List pgsql-novice
its not really possible

best bet is to

1. rename the column to something

   oldcolumn

optionally

2. create a new table, and select into this new "clean" table, and the
drop the old one


On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, andrea gelmini wrote:

> hi all,
>     i'm going mad trying to find a way to delete a column
>     in a table.
>     if i try it like in oracle, with alter, it doesn't
>     work, and i didn't find anything in the docs...
>     so, i'm afraid it's not possibile...
>
> thanks for your time,
> andrea
>


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