From: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
To: Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Subject: Re: ALTER TABLE x ALTER COLUMN y TYPE z
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:01:13 -0600
Message-ID: <442158A9.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200603221400.33513.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
References: <44213BD5.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov>
<200603221400.33513.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 1:00 pm, in message
<200603221400.33513.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>, Robert Treat
<xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> I believe Tom's comments in this email apply similarly here.
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql- general/2006- 03/msg00891.php
The user comment's recommended technique includes this line:
ALTER TABLE tab DROP COLUMN temp_name;
Would this cause a table rewrite? (Not a rhetorical question. I
really don't know.)
> Feel free to submit an additional doc comment.
I did, but it was rejected -- presumably because it included a
question. Once I have a better handle on the issue, if it seems like it
needs it, I'll try again.
-Kevin
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