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><UL
><LI
><P
>        Reduce need to rebuild tables and indexes for certain <A
HREF="sql-altertable.html"
><TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER TABLE</TT
></A
>
        ... <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>ALTER COLUMN TYPE</TT
> operations (Noah Misch)
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><P
>        Increasing the length limit for a <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>varchar</TT
> or <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>varbit</TT
>
        column, or removing the limit altogether, no longer requires a table
        rewrite.  Similarly, increasing the allowable precision of a
       