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From: Peter Atkins <peter.atkins@NXCD.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Changing Column Type
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:49:38 -0700 
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All,

Is there a way to easily change the type of  column? Or do I have to drop
and create again.

From:
assignment_notes | character varying(255)

To:
assignment_notes | text

Thanks,
-p