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It's going to be a very long time anyway, isn't it? We have a lot of indexes. Their creation will take almost the same amount of time. Testing is also necessary

ulxanxv
– ulxanxv

2024-04-16 07:48:41 +00:00
Commented Apr 16, 2024 at 7:48
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@ulxanxv, no, recreating the table and all its indexes is much faster than dropping a column, especially when using parallelism. If I needed the space, MT0's answer is what I'd do without question. But still, see my answer for why you might consider not bothering at all.

Paul W
– Paul W

2024-04-16 12:26:43 +00:00
Commented Apr 16, 2024 at 12:26

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