-- This file and its contents are licensed under the Apache License 2.0. -- Please see the included NOTICE for copyright information and -- LICENSE-APACHE for a copy of the license. CREATE TABLE alter_test(time timestamptz, temp float, color varchar(10)); -- create hypertable with two chunks SELECT create_hypertable('alter_test', 'time', 'color', 2, chunk_time_interval => 2628000000000); INSERT INTO alter_test VALUES ('2017-01-20T09:00:01', 17.5, 'blue'), ('2017-01-21T09:00:01', 19.1, 'yellow'), ('2017-04-20T09:00:01', 89.5, 'green'), ('2017-04-21T09:00:01', 17.1, 'black'); SELECT * FROM test.show_columns('alter_test'); SELECT * FROM test.show_columnsp('_timescaledb_internal.%chunk'); -- show the column name and type of the partitioning dimension in the -- metadata table SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_catalog.dimension; EXPLAIN (costs off) SELECT * FROM alter_test WHERE time > '2017-05-20T10:00:01'; -- rename column and change its type ALTER TABLE alter_test RENAME COLUMN time TO time_us; --converting timestamptz->timestamp should happen under UTC SET timezone = 'UTC'; ALTER TABLE alter_test ALTER COLUMN time_us TYPE timestamp; RESET timezone; ALTER TABLE alter_test RENAME COLUMN color TO colorname; \set ON_ERROR_STOP 0 -- Changing types on hash-partitioned columns is not safe for some -- types and is therefore blocked. ALTER TABLE alter_test ALTER COLUMN colorname TYPE text; \set ON_ERROR_STOP 1 SELECT * FROM test.show_columns('alter_test'); SELECT * FROM test.show_columnsp('_timescaledb_internal.%chunk'); -- show that the metadata has been updated SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_catalog.dimension; -- constraint exclusion should still work with updated column EXPLAIN (costs off) SELECT * FROM alter_test WHERE time_us > '2017-05-20T10:00:01'; \set ON_ERROR_STOP 0 -- verify that we cannot change the column type to something incompatible ALTER TABLE alter_test ALTER COLUMN colorname TYPE varchar(3); -- conversion that messes up partitioning fails ALTER TABLE alter_test ALTER COLUMN time_us TYPE timestamptz USING time_us::timestamptz+INTERVAL '1 year'; -- dropping column that messes up partiitoning fails ALTER TABLE alter_test DROP COLUMN colorname; --ONLY blocked ALTER TABLE ONLY alter_test RENAME COLUMN colorname TO colorname2; ALTER TABLE ONLY alter_test ALTER COLUMN colorname TYPE varchar(10); \set ON_ERROR_STOP 1 CREATE TABLE alter_test_bigint(time bigint, temp float); SELECT create_hypertable('alter_test_bigint', 'time', chunk_time_interval => 2628000000000); \set ON_ERROR_STOP 0 -- Changing type of time dimension to a non-supported type -- shall not be allowed ALTER TABLE alter_test_bigint ALTER COLUMN time TYPE TEXT; -- dropping open time dimension shall not be allowed. ALTER TABLE alter_test_bigint DROP COLUMN time; \set ON_ERROR_STOP 1