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Add mention that ALTER TABLE RENAME affects indexes and sequences too.

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Bruce Momjian 2001-11-22 03:42:32 +00:00
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.32 2001/11/18 20:35:02 petere Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.33 2001/11/22 03:42:32 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
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The <literal>ALTER COLUMN SET STATISTICS</literal> form allows you to
set the statistics-gathering target for subsequent
<xref linkend="sql-analyze" endterm="sql-analyze-title"> operations.
The <literal>RENAME</literal> clause causes the name of a table or column
to change without changing any of the data contained in
the affected table. Thus, the table or column will
remain of the same type and size after this command is
executed.
The <literal>RENAME</literal> clause causes the name of a table,
column, index, or sequence to change without changing any of the
data. The data will remain of the same type and size after the
command is executed.
The ADD <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table constraint definition</replaceable> clause
adds a new constraint to the table using the same syntax as <xref
linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE" endterm="SQL-CREATETABLE-TITLE">.
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</para>
<para>
The clauses to rename columns and tables are <productname>Postgres</productname>
extensions from SQL92.
The clauses to rename tables, columns, indexes, and sequences are
<productname>Postgres</productname> extensions from SQL92.
</para>
</refsect2>