Hi, Take a look here :
http://www.mysql.com/doc/A/L/ALTER_TABLE.html Regards, Jocelyn Fournier ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jarkko Toivonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 9:59 PM Subject: Changing datatypes "on the fly"? > I have a column defined as varchar(255) in my MySql-database. Now I realized > that there's not enough room for my inserts. Is there any chance to change > it's datatype to tinytext without making an entirely new database and > inserting data from the old one to it? > > -Jarkko > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php