Hi Christoph, Could you please let me know the syntax for set newCol=oldCol, (This is reference to your mail pasted below) Regards Vikas Sawant [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
> http://fts.postgresql.org/db/mw/msg.html?mid=1071582
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> You can rename your old column, create a new column varchar(100),
update
> ... set newCol=oldCol, drop oldCol and rename newCol to oldCol
> See ALTER TABLE doc for this.
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Ok, this is the accurate solution to minimize side effects.
Thanks to Robert and Andreas for pointing this out.
Regards, Christoph
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