X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BC41D1B4F4 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:13:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 89723-05 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:13:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from physics.gmu.edu (physics.gmu.edu [129.174.44.73]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066D7D1B533 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:13:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from physics.gmu.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by physics.gmu.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h9RHAWM6025840 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:10:32 -0500 From: mohan@physics.gmu.edu Received: (from apache@localhost) by physics.gmu.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h9RHAWai025832; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:10:32 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: physics.gmu.edu: apache set sender to mohan@physics.gmu.edu using -f Received: from 138.88.163.115 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mohan) by physics.gmu.edu with HTTP; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:10:31 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <64184.138.88.163.115.1067274631.squirrel@physics.gmu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:10:31 -0500 (EST) Subject: URGENT!!! changing Column size To: X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20, NO_REAL_NAME, PLING_PLING, X_AUTH_WARNING X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200310/344 X-Sequence-Number: 15744 Hi can we change the size of a column in postgres. I have a table named institution and column name is name varchar2(25), i want to change it to varchar2(50). Please let me know. --Mohan