"sandhya" <sandhyar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > When i am tring to change the column type from character/Varchar to = > "int" i am getting error like, > ERROR: column "fname" cannot be cast to type "int4" If this is a pre-8.0 PG version, try casting to text and then int4. If 8.0 or later, it should work as is --- would you show us exactly what you did? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly