Ed Loehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to alter the table to get rid of the "NOT NULL" constraint on the > 'id' column. Can I do this using ALTER TABLE? There isn't an ALTER TABLE variant for this at the moment, but you can do it the hard way: reach in and change the attnotnull boolean in the column's pg_attribute row. The actual update would only require UPDATE pg_attribute SET attnotnull = 'f' WHERE attname = 'id' AND attrelid = whatever... but I don't believe this will be noticed automatically by running backends. I think a VACUUM on your table afterwards would be sufficient to force the backends to notice the change. regards, tom lane