Re: Renaming a Column

"Cale, Rick T (Richard)" wrote:
>
> 8i allows dropping a column or marking them as unused. I do not think you
> can yet rename a
> column. Please provide an example.
>
> Thanks
> Rick

welllll... you cluld always add the new column, populate it with the old column's data, then drop the old column. provided you are on 8.0.(?) or better and that you aren't working with a 3rd party software.

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