X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1719B9DCA84 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:37:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 09665-08 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:36:59 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A5C9DC9BC for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:36:56 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2MIavWU018291; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:36:57 -0500 (EST) To: "Kevin Grittner" cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: ALTER TABLE x ALTER COLUMN y TYPE z In-reply-to: <44213BD5.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov> References: <44213BD5.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov> Comments: In-reply-to "Kevin Grittner" message dated "Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:58:13 -0600" Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:36:57 -0500 Message-ID: <18290.1143052617@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.114 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.114] X-Spam-Score: 0.114 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200603/28 X-Sequence-Number: 3485 "Kevin Grittner" writes: > On this page: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-altertable.html > ... > I think the user comment should be removed, unless there is some > benefit to using the multi-step process. There isn't, and I agree it should go. The comment seems to have been attached to both 7.4 and 8.1 at the same time --- it is useful for 7.4, but not later versions. regards, tom lane