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diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index b69e3c66ccc..3117b90e6bd 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ alink="#0000ff"> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> - <P>Last updated: Sun Jan 16 21:40:18 EST 2005</P> + <P>Last updated: Sun Jan 16 22:01:06 EST 2005</P> <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> @@ -854,8 +854,8 @@ <H4><A name="4.4">4.4</A>) How do you remove a column from a table, or change its data type?</H4> - <P><SMALL>DROP COLUMN</SMALL> functionality was added in release 7.3 with - <SMALL>ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN</SMALL>. In earlier versions, + <P><SMALL>DROP COLUMN</SMALL> functionality was added in release 7.3 + with <SMALL>ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN</SMALL>. In earlier versions, you can do this:</P> <PRE> BEGIN; @@ -868,7 +868,10 @@ COMMIT; </PRE> - <P>To change the data type of a column, do this:</P> + <P>Changing the data type of a column can be done easily in 8.0 + and later with <SMALL>ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN TYPE</SMALL>. + + <P>In earlier releases, do this:</P> <PRE> BEGIN; ALTER TABLE tab ADD COLUMN new_col <i>new_data_type</i>; |