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doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
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@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Modifies table properties
</REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
<SYNOPSIS>
ALTER TABLE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE>
[*] ADD [COLUMN] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE> <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">type</REPLACEABLE>
[ * ] ADD [ COLUMN ] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE> <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">type</REPLACEABLE>
ALTER TABLE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE>
[*] RENAME [COLUMN] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE> TO <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">newcolumn</REPLACEABLE>
[ * ] RENAME [ COLUMN ] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE> TO <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">newcolumn</REPLACEABLE>
ALTER TABLE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE>
RENAME TO <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">newtable</REPLACEABLE>
</SYNOPSIS>
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ Outputs
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>status</ReturnValue>
<replaceable>status</replaceable>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>ALTER</ReturnValue>
<returnvalue>ALTER</returnvalue>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Outputs
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>NEW</ReturnValue>
<returnvalue>NEW</returnvalue>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ Outputs
Description
</TITLE>
<PARA>
ALTER TABLE changes the definition of an existing table.
<command>ALTER TABLE</command> changes the definition of an existing table.
The new columns and their types are specified in the same style
and with the the same restrictions as in CREATE TABLE.
and with the the same restrictions as in <command>CREATE TABLE</command>.
The RENAME clause causes the name of a table or column
to change without changing any of the data contained in
the affected table. Thus, the table or column will
@@ -178,18 +178,15 @@ Notes
<PARA>
The keyword COLUMN is noise and can be omitted.
<PARA>
ALTER TABLE/RENAME is a PostgreSQL language extension.
<PARA>
<Quote>[*]</Quote> following a name of a table indicates that statement
should be run over that table and all tables below it in the
inheritance hierarchy.
Refer to PostgreSQL User's Guide for further
The PostgreSQL User's Guide has further
information on inheritance.
<PARA>
Refer to the CREATE TABLE reference for further description
Refer to CREATE TABLE for a further description
of valid arguments.
</REFSECT2>
@@ -232,23 +229,30 @@ Compatibility
SQL92
</TITLE>
<PARA>
SQL92 specifies some additional capabilities for ALTER TABLE
statement which are not yet directly supported by <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>:
<command>ALTER TABLE/RENAME</command>
is a <productname>Postgres</productname> language extension.
<PARA>
SQL92 specifies some additional capabilities for <command>ALTER TABLE</command>
statement which are not yet directly supported by
<ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>:
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<Synopsis>
ALTER TABLE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE> ALTER [COLUMN] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE>
ALTER TABLE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE> ALTER [ COLUMN ] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE>
SET DEFAULT <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">default</REPLACEABLE>
ALTER TABLE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE> ALTER [COLUMN] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE>
ADD [CONSTRAINT <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">constraint</REPLACEABLE>] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table-constraint</REPLACEABLE>
ALTER TABLE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE> ALTER [ COLUMN ] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE>
ADD [ CONSTRAINT <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">constraint</REPLACEABLE> ] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table-constraint</REPLACEABLE>
</Synopsis>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
Puts the default value or constraint specified into the
definition of column in the table. See CREATE TABLE for the
definition of column in the table.
See <command>CREATE TABLE</command> for the
syntax of the default and table-constraint clauses.
If a default clause already exists, it will be replaced by
the new definition. If any constraints on this column already
@@ -307,7 +311,7 @@ DROP TABLE temp;
<TERM>
<Synopsis>
ALTER TABLE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">table</REPLACEABLE>
DROP [COLUMN] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE> { RESTRICT | CASCADE }
DROP [ COLUMN ] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">column</REPLACEABLE> { RESTRICT | CASCADE }
</Synopsis>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
@@ -335,23 +339,3 @@ DROP TABLE temp;
</PARA>
</VARIABLELIST>
</REFENTRY>
<!--
<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">
</REPLACEABLE>
<ReturnValue></ReturnValue>
<PARA>
</PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>&bull;
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
<PARA>
</PARA>
-->