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* FAQ doesn't mention ALTER COLUMN TYPE
@ 2005-01-17 02:07  Michael Fuhr <[email protected]>
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From: Michael Fuhr @ 2005-01-17 02:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-docs

Question 4.4 in the FAQ, "How do you remove a column from a table,
or change its data type?" doesn't mention 8.0's ability to alter a
column's type with ALTER TABLE tab ALTER COLUMN col TYPE new_type.
Since 8.0 is coming up the FAQ should probably mention this.

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Michael Fuhr
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* Re: FAQ doesn't mention ALTER COLUMN TYPE
@ 2005-01-17 03:02  Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
  parent: Michael Fuhr <[email protected]>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2005-01-17 03:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Fuhr <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-docs

Michael Fuhr wrote:
> Question 4.4 in the FAQ, "How do you remove a column from a table,
> or change its data type?" doesn't mention 8.0's ability to alter a
> column's type with ALTER TABLE tab ALTER COLUMN col TYPE new_type.
> Since 8.0 is coming up the FAQ should probably mention this.

Good point.  Done.

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