Re: Can one alter the format of a numeric column?

On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 05:29:42PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:

> Can one alter the precision of a numeric column?
>
> I want to reduce the precision of a column from 20,4 to 20,2.

In PostgreSQL 8.0 (currently in beta) you can use ALTER TABLE
to alter a column's type.  For previous versions see the FAQ:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html#4.4

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Michael Fuhr
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