Re: Changing datatypes on the fly?
At 02:59 PM 3/9/2002, you wrote: 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 Jarkko, If you want something easier than ALTER TABLE, try MySQL Front, a MySQL GUI from http://www.anse.de/mysqlfront/. It's free and you're less likely to shoot yourself in the foot with it.g Brent _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - 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
Re: Changing datatypes on the fly?
On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 10:59:52PM +0200, Jarkko Toivonen wrote: 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? Sure, just use ALTER TABLE as described in the manual. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.47-max: up 30 days, processed 1,025,822,488 queries (391/sec. avg) - 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
