Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Just a heads-up: each of those ALTER's will rewrite the table, so unless your database is tiny this will be a slow process. There's ways to work around that, but they're significantly more complicated. I think he's trying to get rid of all the blank-padding he's got right now, so table rewrites are unavoidable. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general