Merge pull request #169 from dlarsen5/add-snapshot-alter-column-macro

add sqlserver__alter_column_type macro

dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/adapters.sql

@@ -225,3 +225,18 @@
     {%- set result = "CONVERT(DATETIME2, '" ~ timestamp ~ "')" -%}
     {{ return(result) }}
 {%- endmacro %}
+
+{% macro sqlserver__alter_column_type(relation, column_name, new_column_type) %}
+
+  {%- set tmp_column = column_name + "__dbt_alter" -%}
+
+  {% call statement('alter_column_type') -%}
+
+    alter {{ relation.type }} {{ relation }} add {{ tmp_column }} {{ new_column_type }};
+    update {{ relation }} set {{ tmp_column }} = {{ column_name }};
+    alter {{ relation.type }} {{ relation }} drop column {{ column_name }};
+    exec sp_rename '{{ relation | replace('"', '') }}.{{ tmp_column }}', '{{ column_name }}', 'column'
+
+  {%- endcall -%}
+
+{% endmacro %}