pgadmin3 column edit question

i've had to change the data types of several columns
in pgadmin3.  most of the time, the data type is
unavailable (shaded out) and, therefore, i have to
delete the whole column and recreate it with the
correct data type.  there is no data in the table.

is there a way to change the data type in pgadmin3 w/o
having to recreate the column?

i want to avoid recreating the column b/c it then
messes up my column order.

if anybody knows how to manipulate the order of
columns, i'd be interested in learning that, too.  ;-)

i've already had to do some recreating.

tia...

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