Douglas Reed <dougreed765@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I have issued and alter column against the following;
> price_id | integer | not null default nextval('bet.price_price_id_seq'::regclass) | plain | |
> ALTER TABLE bet.price ALTER COLUMN price_id TYPE bigint;
> The process has taken a very long time, I know that it is rebuilding the table and a lot of temp files have been created, deleted etc
> It now seems to have gone quiet (no temp disk files etc), it still seems to be clicking up CPU
> - Is there a final part of the process where it may just be doing validation etc?
Foreign key revalidation maybe ... does this column participate in any
foreign keys?
> - Is it safe to terminate the process?
Yeah, but you'd lose all the work done so far.
regards, tom lane
