Re: Possible issue in pgAdmin regarding varchar

Dave Page wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh@agliodbs.com]
>>Sent: 09 November 2004 00:47
>>To: Dave Page
>>Subject: Possible issue in pgAdmin regarding varchar adjustment
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>>Dave,
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>>A user on IRC claims that pgAdminIII allows changing the
>>length of varchar fields, and executes it through updates to
>>pg_attributes and other system
>>tables.   If this is incorrect, ignore the rest of this message.
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>>The problem with direct updating of pg_attribute in 7.3 and
>>7.4 is that all indexes and views which depend on the table
>>would have to be dropped and
>>re-created.   Also, the pg_statistic rows for that column
>>would need to be
>>purged and regenerated.   So it seems like a misfeature.
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> Hi Josh,
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> I'm not entirely sure as I've never really worked on that part of the
> code. Andreas, can you comment on this?

It's correct, and it's on the TODO list as essential. It's clearly a
caveat now (-> FAQ update needed)

Regards,
Andreas