X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C569D1B50A for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:24:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92405-01 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 05:24:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from fzkmail2.fzk.de (fzkmail2.fzk.de [141.52.27.52]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EF27D1B501 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 05:24:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: FROM resy5.fzk.de BY fzkmail2.fzk.de ; Tue Sep 30 10:23:59 2003 +0200 Received: œby rodos.fzk.de with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.1) id KAA02174; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:23:59 +0200 (METDST) From: Christoph Haller Message-Id: <200309300823.KAA16956@rodos> Subject: Re: Change of the datatype of a column To: shyamperi@davlin.co.in Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:23:57 METDST Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <3552659.1064821998750.JavaMail.tomcat@mail.davlin.co.in>; from "shyamperi@davlin.co.in" at Sep 29, 103 9:48 am X-Mailer: Elm [revision: 212.4] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Amavis-Alert: BAD HEADER Non-encoded 8-bit data (char 9C hex) in message header 'Received' Received: \234by rodos.fzk.de... ^ X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests=INVALID_DATE, IN_REP_TO X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200309/420 X-Sequence-Number: 15398 > > How is that I can alter the datatype of the column . > Search the archives on that topic. There should be numerous posts about how to achieve that. Regards, Christoph