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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: i have table
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:31:43 -0400
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Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> writes:
> Alright, you could play with something like:

> UPDATE pg_attribute SET attnum = <your number of ordering> where 
> attrelid=<your tableoid> and attname='<your column name>';

That's guaranteed to break his table, because the physical storage
of the rows won't have changed.  (To name only the most obvious
problem...)

			regards, tom lane

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