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

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Csaba Nagy <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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

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