Not sure how to do this, but it shouldn't be too ugly. I want to drop columns from a table as well as be able to change the data type of a column. Where should I be looking in the source for altering tables? For removing I don't imagine it could be too ugly as all it should be is a reverse add. Not so certian about changing the data type though. Can this be done simply by adjusting something in pg_attribute or am I missing something? Also, for the future, MS Sql already has this and it'd be very helpful if pgsql did: modifying data between databases using a select, insert, update, or delete (execuse me if I'm wrong in my syntax, but in MS Sql I believe it dbname..tablename.column). Geoff ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly