On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:56:36AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Treat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Wednesday 15 September 2004 12:29, Steve Atkins wrote:
> >> Is there a safe way to convert varchar(n) to text, other than create
> >> a new column, update, delete column, rename?
>
> > I wou
Robert Treat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wednesday 15 September 2004 12:29, Steve Atkins wrote:
>> Is there a safe way to convert varchar(n) to text, other than create
>> a new column, update, delete column, rename?
> I wouldn't say it's impossible to do it, but several people have reported
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 12:29, Steve Atkins wrote:
> Is there a safe way to convert varchar(n) to text, other than create
> a new column, update, delete column, rename?
>
> I have a number of databases that were built with varvhar(n) and which
> should have been done with text. They're in pr
Is there a safe way to convert varchar(n) to text, other than create
a new column, update, delete column, rename?
I have a number of databases that were built with varvhar(n) and which
should have been done with text. They're in production, and I'd rather
not take the downtime needed to convert so
