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> > That's exactly the error you'd get on a pre-8.0 system that doesn't > support altering a column's type. Are you looking at 8.0 > documentation > but running a 7.x server? What does "SELECT version();" show? Yes, that's it. I am looking into an 8.0 doc while running 7.4. I'm a little bit perplexed now... is it really the case that pre 8.0 systems aren't able to change col-types? thx > > -- > Michael Fuhr > http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]