AI Rumman <rumman...@gmail.com> writes:
> I started the following query in Postgresql 9.1 where only this sql is
> running on the host and it has been taking more than an hour and still
> running.
>  alter table userdata.table1 alter column name type varchar(512);

Pre-9.2 releases don't realize that that doesn't require a table rewrite.

You can either wait it out, or if you're feeling brave, manually modify
the column's pg_attribute.atttypmod field.

                        regards, tom lane


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