On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Mike Blackwell <mike.blackw...@rrd.com> wrote: > Given a pair of tables: > > create table a ( > id serial, > stuff text, > more_stuff text > ); > > create table a_audit ( > id serial, > old_record a, > new_record a > ); > > How can one alter the structure of table a? Attempting > > ALTER TABLE a ADD COLUMN even_more_stuff text; > > results in the message: > > ERROR: cannot alter table "a" because column "a_audit.new_record" uses its > row type > > A solution that doesn't lose the existing data is preferable.
works for me -- what version are you on? merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
