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Altering same table across multiple databases

I have multiple databases on the same instance and I am in the process of updating a table schema that must propagate across all the databases. I am not sure I know what the right procedure for this ...
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Alter table on live production databases

How do most "popular" (MySQL, Postgres...) database system handle altering tables on live production databases (like adding, deleting or changing the type of colums)? I know the correct way is to ...
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Altering table schema takes too much time

I am using PostgreSQL database. I have a table with millions of rows. I have a varchar column with 2000 size and i want to make it to 4000. I ran the alter table command, but it is taking too much ...
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I need to run VACUUM FULL with no available disk space

I have one table that is taking up close to 90% of hd space on our server. I have decided to drop a few columns to free up space. But I need to return the space to the OS. The problem, though, is ...
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Rotate a table in PostgreSQL

Problem description I need to rotate (with DROP and CREATE) a table which is heavily used by other clients. At present, I have a program which replaces (DROP + CREATE) this table. Sometimes, just ...
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How to change the datatype of a column from integer to money?

I am attempting to convert a PostgreSQL table column from integer to money, but I am receiving the error: cannot cast type MyColumn to money I have tried these two statements, but just haven't ...
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How can I alter the type of a money-column to decimal in PostgreSQL?

I have a table in PostgreSQL where one column "vat" has type money but I would like to alter it to decimal instead. How can I do it? I tried with: alter table my_table alter column vat type ...