On Thu, 2 May 2002, P. Jourdan wrote: > I have to insert 2 columns into an existing database that seems to be > altered after a restore. I do not know what datatype should be entered for > "path" and for "referer". The others are int4 and timestamptz for when_stamp. > Here is the code: > /* > * Statistics: write page view > */ > if($loglevel>=1) { > sqlquery(" > insert into visits (session_id,page_id,when_stamp,path,referer) > select session_id,$page_id,'now','$REQUEST_URI','$HTTP_REFERER' > from session > where hash='$sid'"); > } You're probably best off using text type. Try this: alter table visits add path text; alter table visits add referer text; That should get ya there.