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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:49:33 +0500
From: "Shoaib Mir" <shoaibmir@gmail.com>
To: "Kumar Dev" <kumardb2@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Change of data type
Cc: Judith <jaltamirano@correolux.com.mx>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
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You can do the following:

ALTER TABLE table-name ALTER colum-name TYPE text;


Thanks,
-- 
Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)



On 8/8/06, Kumar Dev <kumardb2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Use Alter table notebook from control center
> right click on the table and open alter table notebook
> you can drop a column or add a column or change the datatype
>
> Kumar
>
>
> On 8/7/06, Judith <jaltamirano@correolux.com.mx> wrote:
> >
> >    Hello everybody, excuse me how can I change de data type of a field,
> > I currently have:
> >
> >    material character(30)
> >
> >    but I now want the field in text type like this:
> >
> >    material  text
> >
> >    somebody knows if ALTER TABLE has some option to do this?, or How
> > can I do that?
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Kumar
> DB2 DBA & SAP Basis professional
>

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You can do the following:<br><br>ALTER TABLE table-name ALTER colum-name TYPE text;<br><br><br>Thanks,<br>-- <br>Shoaib Mir<br>EnterpriseDB (<a href="http://www.enterprisedb.com">www.enterprisedb.com</a>)<br><br><br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">On 8/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kumar Dev</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:kumardb2@gmail.com">kumardb2@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div>Use Alter table notebook from control center</div>
<div>right click on the table and open alter table notebook</div>
<div>you can drop a column or add a column or change the datatype</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Kumar<br><br>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Judith</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:jaltamirano@correolux.com.mx" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jaltamirano@correolux.com.mx
</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Hello everybody, excuse me how can I change de data type of a field,<br>I currently have:
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; material character(30)
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; but I now want the field in text type like this:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; material&nbsp;&nbsp;text<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; somebody knows if ALTER TABLE has some option to do this?, or How<br>can I do that?<br><br><br>---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
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<br></blockquote></div></div><div><span class="sg"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kumar<br>DB2 DBA &amp; SAP Basis professional 

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