On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 15:29, Marcelo wrote: > Hello, > Using Postgres 7.4, I am trying to perform an "alter table > temptable add column "myCol" serial" > > It gives the following msg > ERROR: adding columns with defaults is not implemented > > You cannot add a column that is serial in a table which already has > data in postgres 7. > > Is there a way I can create a serial column on a table which already > has data? Or is the only solution upgrading to postgres 8 ? You can add a default after you add the column with a separate alter table statement... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)