On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Emi Lu <em...@encs.concordia.ca> wrote: > Good morning, > > I am using PostgreSQL 8.0.15. > > Is there a way that I can easily alter column type from varchar(32) to > varchar(255) but do not have to worry about views dependent on it?
You should test it carefully and it is considered a bad practice - I'll probably get sued for recommending this :-), but you may try: SELECT * from pg_attribute where attname = 'colname' and attrelid = (SELECT oid FROM pg_class WHERE relname='_tablename'); UPDATE pg_attribute set atttypmod = 4+_new_length_in_your_case_255 where attrelid = _attrelid_from_above_ and attname = 'colname'; Regards, Marcin -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
