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Tom Lane
2005-01-04 00:39:53 +00:00
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doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.74 2004/10/22 17:20:04 tgl Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.75 2005/01/04 00:39:53 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<xref linkend="sql-analyze" endterm="sql-analyze-title"> operations.
The target can be set in the range 0 to 1000; alternatively, set it
to -1 to revert to using the system default statistics
target. For more information on the use of statistics by the
target (<xref linkend="guc-default-statistics-target">).
For more information on the use of statistics by the
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> query planner, refer to
<xref linkend="planner-stats">.
</para>
@@ -153,9 +154,9 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
compressible data. <literal>EXTERNAL</literal> is for external,
uncompressed data, and <literal>EXTENDED</literal> is for external,
compressed data. <literal>EXTENDED</literal> is the default for all
data types that support it. The use of <literal>EXTERNAL</literal> will, for example,
make substring operations on a <type>text</type> column faster, at the penalty of
increased storage space.
data types that support it. Use of <literal>EXTERNAL</literal> will
make substring operations on <type>text</type> and <type>bytea</type>
columns faster, at the penalty of increased storage space.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -285,15 +286,15 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name (possibly schema-qualified) of an existing table to
alter. If <literal>ONLY</> is specified, only that table is
altered. If <literal>ONLY</> is not specified, the table and all
its descendant tables (if any) are updated. <literal>*</> can be
appended to the table name to indicate that descendant tables are
to be altered, but in the current version, this is the default
behavior. (In releases before 7.1, <literal>ONLY</> was the
default behavior. The default can be altered by changing the
configuration parameter <xref linkend="guc-sql-inheritance">.)
The name (possibly schema-qualified) of an existing table to
alter. If <literal>ONLY</> is specified, only that table is
altered. If <literal>ONLY</> is not specified, the table and all
its descendant tables (if any) are updated. <literal>*</> can be
appended to the table name to indicate that descendant tables are
to be altered, but in the current version, this is the default
behavior. (In releases before 7.1, <literal>ONLY</> was the
default behavior. The default can be altered by changing the
configuration parameter <xref linkend="guc-sql-inheritance">.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Name of a new or existing column.
Name of a new or existing column.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_column</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
New name for an existing column.
New name for an existing column.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
New name for the table.
New name for the table.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -329,8 +330,8 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">type</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Data type of the new column, or new data type for an existing
column.
Data type of the new column, or new data type for an existing
column.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
New table constraint for the table.
New table constraint for the table.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Name of an existing constraint to drop.
Name of an existing constraint to drop.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<listitem>
<para>
Automatically drop objects that depend on the dropped column
or constraint (for example, views referencing the column).
or constraint (for example, views referencing the column).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<listitem>
<para>
Refuse to drop the column or constraint if there are any dependent
objects. This is the default behavior.
objects. This is the default behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The index name on which the table should be marked for clustering.
The index name on which the table should be marked for clustering.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_owner</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The user name of the new owner of the table.
The user name of the new owner of the table.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable> is one of:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">tablespace_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The tablespace name to which the table will be moved.
The tablespace name to which the table will be moved.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -472,7 +473,8 @@ ALTER TABLE table ALTER COLUMN anycol TYPE anytype;
though a <literal>USING</literal> clause is supplied. In such cases,
drop the default with <literal>DROP DEFAULT</>, perform the <literal>ALTER
TYPE</>, and then use <literal>SET DEFAULT</> to add a suitable new
default.
default. Similar considerations apply to indexes and constraints involving
the column.
</para>
<para>
@@ -593,7 +595,7 @@ ALTER TABLE distributors ADD PRIMARY KEY (dist_id);
</para>
<para>
To move a table to a different tablespace:
To move a table to a different tablespace:
<programlisting>
ALTER TABLE distributors SET TABLESPACE fasttablespace;
</programlisting>