> When adding a new field in the existing table, i > want to add the filed in a particular position. I'm afraid the only way would be re-writing the whole table (pseudo sql): BEGIN; create table newtable as select field1, 'newfield default value', field2 from old_table; create_all_indexes on newtable; drop old_table; commit; things get complicated if you have foreign keys pointing to old_table... -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general