Also, it only really works well for lengthening columns. If you shorten them, the old values will remain their original longer length.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Treat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > There is a "gamblers lunch", for those willing to risk total system > > failure and the lives of there first born child. > > Aw, it's not that dangerous ;-). You can improve your odds considerably > if you issue BEGIN; before you start dorking with the system tables, > and COMMIT only after you're satisfied you have things right. If you > realize you blew it, ROLLBACK. > > Still, I'd recommend practicing on a scratch database before you do it > for real. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
