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To: josh@agliodbs.com
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Missing doc on expression format for ALTER TABLE 
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Comments: In-reply-to Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 23:47:59 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> ... nowhere in this file (or anywhere else that I can tell) is the syntax for
> the USING expression defined.

Hm?  It says

	ALTER [ COLUMN ] column TYPE type [ USING expression ]

Surely you're not expecting it to repeat the complete syntax for
<expression>.

			regards, tom lane