adding defaults

[Jodi Kanter]

Can field specific defaults easily be added to a table that is already
in existence and has data in it? I cannot seem to locate the correct
ALTER command in any of my books.
Thanks
Jodi
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[Oliver Elphick]

Post by Jodi Kanter
Can field specific defaults easily be added to a table that is already
in existence and has data in it? I cannot seem to locate the correct
ALTER command in any of my books.

ALTER TABLE table ALTER COLUMN column SET DEFAULT expression
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[Peter Eisentraut]

Post by Jodi Kanter
Can field specific defaults easily be added to a table that is
already in existence and has data in it? I cannot seem to locate the
correct ALTER command in any of my books.

ALTER TABLE a ALTER COLUMN b SET DEFAULT c;

[Rosser Schwarz]

Post by Jodi Kanter
Can field specific defaults easily be added to a table that is already
in existence and has data in it? I cannot seem to locate the correct
ALTER command in any of my books.

$ psql -c "\h alter table" | grep -iC 1 default

ALTER TABLE [ ONLY ] name [ * ]
ALTER [ COLUMN ] column { SET DEFAULT expression | DROP DEFAULT }
...

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