Re: changing field length

Jodi-

Here's an example of the "hack" approach, which I've used without causing
any problems for some time:

update pg_attribute set atttypmod = 104
where attrelid = ( select oid from pg_class where relname = 'actor'
and attname = 'actor_full_name' );

In your case, you'd substitute 254 for 104, your table name for "actor" and
your field name for "actor_full_name";

-Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Jodi Kanter
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:34 PM
To: Postgres Admin List
Subject: [ADMIN] changing field length


I am running 7.3.3. Can I change a field that is varying character(128) to
varying character(250)?

Thanks
Jodi

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