Hi Scott, I believe you can hack the catalogs: (disclaimer)
update pg_attribute set atttypmod=104 where attname='email' and attrelid=(select oid from pg_class where relname='student'); Do this in a transaction and then \d the table to check that it has worked before committing. Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott David Walter > Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2002 12:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SQL] Modify column type > > > Is there a way to modify the type of an existing column? All I actually > want to do is extend the length of the type from a VARCHAR(6) to > VARCHAR(100). > > > Column | Type | Modifiers > ------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------ > email | character varying(6) | not null > > > gold_program=> ALTER TABLE student MODIFY email varchar(100); > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "modify" > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org > ---------------------------(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
