having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure. 2. being a machine; operated by machinery: a mechanical toy. 3. caused by or derived from machinery: mechanical propulsion.
ERROR: cannot alter type of a column used by a view or rule DETAIL: rule _RETURN on view v_change_me depends on column too_short. Though PostgreSQL tells us which view and column prompted this error, thatâs the last favor it provides.
Here are some examples of Oracle alter table syntax to modify data columns and note that you can add constraints like NOT NULL: ALTER TABLE customer MODIFY (cust_name varchar2(100) not null, cust_hair_color varchar2(20)) ;