Re: Fixing a too long column value in a before insert trigger or rule

Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com> writes:
> We have a situation where a varchar column was limited to a too small
> maximum length in the design phase... shit happens, we will fix our db
> schema in our next database downtime or software version deployment,
> whichever comes first (we are using 7.4 and on the fly column type
> change is only from 8.0 on I guess).

Why don't you just hack the column's atttypmod?  See the archives
(and practice on a test database ;-))

            regards, tom lane