Re: [GENERAL] alter multiple tables

2009-03-16 Thread dcrespo
On Mar 16, 12:08 pm, t...@wildenhain.de (Tino Wildenhain) wrote: > > Since I have a lot of tables and mirrored backups, I am wondering if > > there is a way to alter automatically all tables where colname matches > > 'username' > > Is there a way to do this? Enter psql with '-E' flag, and see the

Re: [GENERAL] alter multiple tables

2009-03-16 Thread Kodok Marton
doing via shell is one way (long way if you use Windows), is it possible by updateding postgresql master tables? - Original Message - From: "Tino Wildenhain" To: "Kodok Marton" Cc: Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] alter multiple tables

Re: [GENERAL] alter multiple tables

2009-03-16 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Hi, Kodok Marton wrote: Hello, I have in every table columns like: username character varying(20) NOT NULL I want to extend the length of varchar in all tables. next time you should probably consider using a domain type (or stick to text) Since I have a lot of tables and mirrored backups

[GENERAL] alter multiple tables

2009-03-16 Thread Kodok Marton
Hello, I have in every table columns like: username character varying(20) NOT NULL I want to extend the length of varchar in all tables. Since I have a lot of tables and mirrored backups, I am wondering if there is a way to alter automatically all tables where colname matches 'username' Is th