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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL |
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Last updated: Thu Apr 18 00:44:51 EDT 2002 |
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Last updated: Fri Apr 26 23:03:46 EDT 2002 |
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) |
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4.4) How do you remove a column from a table? |
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We do not support ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN, but do this: |
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BEGIN; |
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LOCK TABLE old_table; |
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SELECT ... -- select all columns but the one you want to remove |
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INTO TABLE new_table |
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FROM old_table; |
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DROP TABLE old_table; |
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ALTER TABLE new_table RENAME TO old_table; |
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COMMIT; |
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4.5) What is the maximum size for a row, a table, and a database? |
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