From: Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@klaster.net>
To: mohan@physics.gmu.edu
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Error with DROP column
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:48:54 +0100
Message-ID: <3F9D76A6.9090506@klaster.net> (raw)
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Dnia 2003-10-27 20:35, Użytkownik mohan@physics.gmu.edu napisał:
> Hi All i am trying to DROP the column but i keep getting this error.
>
> ALTER TABLE institution DROP COLUMN name CASCADE;
> ERROR: ALTER TABLE / DROP COLUMN is not implemented
>
> please help me in solving this issue.
Looks like Postgresql older than 7.x (7.3?)
You can't drop column this way. In older versions you can do this only by:
create table temp (columns as you wish to have)
insert into temp select * from old_table
drop old_table
alter table temp rename to old_table
Regards,
Tomasz Myrta
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