X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CE43A5D5B for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:23:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 48693-03 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:22:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62DE13A5D3D for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:22:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 67so366881wri for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:22:43 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=hl2CzO09AqkE2iUG6PFGzCHVQI0TlfoKplkm2d7h1X4Gr0i14bEOehpcE9RFlA5iNZJ1eztNaZ2LDAu6kvn7gIRNfX4SOLoRHGTnRVEH8JVPEFG+fFN8PvCcabzpBQASJ8suQEDogG0JNuNZrmcQf7ZsWgoBcdsnhEsqcoYnkzc= Received: by 10.54.14.40 with SMTP id 40mr95517wrn; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:22:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.11.6 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:22:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <37d451f705011209222e451b5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:22:43 -0600 From: Rosser Schwarz Reply-To: Rosser Schwarz To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=D6PFERL_Robert?= Subject: Re: Syntax error while altering col-type Cc: "pgsql-sql@postgresql.org" In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.024 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=RCVD_BY_IP X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/60 X-Sequence-Number: 19848 while you weren't looking, K=D6PFERL Robert wrote: > ERROR: syntax error at or near "TYPE" at character 47 What version are you running? To my knowledge, altering the type of a column is a new feature to 8.0. /rls --=20 :wq