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From: Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de>
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Subject: Re: URGENT!!! changing Column size
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> 
> On Tuesday 28 October 2003 08:28, Franco Bruno Borghesi wrote:
> > Dopping the whole database just for a column change?
> 
> I guess some people have really small databases that don't take 3 days to dump 
> and reload.  :-)
> 
And you are on the safe side regarding indexes, views, procedures, ...
Regards, Christoph