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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
Last updated: Fri May 30 22:24:56 EDT 2003
Last updated: Fri Jun 6 18:20:23 EDT 2003
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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1.7) What is the latest release?
The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 7.3.2.
The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 7.3.3.
We plan to have major releases every four months.
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There are two PostgreSQL books available online at
http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/awbook.html and
http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/. There is a list of PostgreSQL
books available for purchase at http://www.ca.PostgreSQL.org/books/.
There is also a collection of PostgreSQL technical articles at
books available for purchase at
http://techdocs.PostgreSQL.org/techdocs/bookreviews.php. There is also
a collection of PostgreSQL technical articles at
http://techdocs.PostgreSQL.org/.
psql has some nice \d commands to show information about types,
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BEGIN;
ALTER TABLE tab ADD COLUMN new_col new_data_type;
UPDATE tab SET new_col = CAST(old_col AS new_data_type);
ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN old_col;
ALTER TABLE tab DROP COLUMN old_col;
COMMIT;
You might then want to do VACUUM FULL tab to reclaim the disk space