Re: [GENERAL] Alter column with views depended on it without drop views

2014-03-19 Thread Michael Paquier
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Emi Lu wrote: > Is there a way to change a table column from varchar(n) to varchar with > views depended on it. Nope. You cannot update the data type of a table column if it is used by a view. =# create table aa (a varchar(4)); CREATE TABLE =# create view aav as s

[GENERAL] Alter column with views depended on it without drop views

2014-03-19 Thread Emi Lu
Hello list, Is there a way to change a table column from varchar(n) to varchar with views depended on it. The problem is that I do not want to drop and re-create all views dependencies. I am looking for a way/command that can change the column type and all views will be auto updated as well.