Re: alter table change type column

Uh, indexes get dropped, I think.  I am not sure about functions --- I
don't think so because we don't always know what columns are referenced
in a function.

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Dennis Gearon wrote:
> BTW, do the functions and indexes automatically get dropped if they are
> referencing a column that gets dropped?
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Yes, afraid so.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Dennis Gearon wrote:
> >
> >>And then redo all the triggers and indexes also?
> >>
> >>Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>
> >>>No, we have not implemented that.  You can add a column, copy the data
> >>>over from the old column, then drop the old column and rename the new
> >>>column.
> >>>
> >>>
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