X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B915C3A292D for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:07:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04146-04 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:07:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tigger.fuhr.org (tigger.fuhr.org [63.214.45.158]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 897813A292A for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:07:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (winnie.fuhr.org [10.1.0.1]) by tigger.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0H27jhq001497 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:07:47 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0H27j7R083669 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:07:45 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: (from mfuhr@localhost) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0H27j2g083668 for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:07:45 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr) Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:07:45 -0700 From: Michael Fuhr To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: FAQ doesn't mention ALTER COLUMN TYPE Message-ID: <20050117020745.GA83618@winnie.fuhr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.003 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/21 X-Sequence-Number: 2780 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. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/