> > 4. Is there any worth in me submitting a patch that will allow > rudimentary > > column type changing, so long as the types are binary compatible??? > > Hmm. Seems like that case, and the various ones involving adjustment of > char/varchar length by hacking atttypmod, would be useful to support via > ALTER COLUMN even if we don't have a full implementation. Essentially > this would be taking the existing folklore about safe ways to hack > pg_attribute and reducing them to code --- why not do it?
Can you only reduce the length of a varchar (say) or can you actually increase them as well? Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
