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OT RE: Renaming columns ...

From: Mohan, Ross <MohanR_at_STARS-SMI.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 12:55:59 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0031AE23.20010604124426@fatcity.com>

ARE YOU AN IDIOT
|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: Deshpande, Kirti [mailto:kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com]
|| Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:17 PM
|| To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
|| Subject: RE: Renaming columns ...
||
||
|| HELP !
||
|| > -----Original Message-----
|| > From: PHU,JULIA (HP-Sunnyvale,ex2) [SMTP:julia_phu_at_hp.com]
|| > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 2:21 PM
|| > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
|| > Subject: RE: Renaming columns ...
|| >
|| > ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY ( new_col_name DATATYPE);
|| >
|| > It works for me in 8i.
|| >
|| >
|| >
|| > -----Original Message-----
|| > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:27 AM
|| > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
|| >
|| >
|| > Chris:
|| >
|| > I've been browzing the on-line docs for 9i and the release
|| notes and have
|| > seen nothing about renaming a column...can you point me to
|| the location in
|| > the docs that give the syntax?
|| >
|| > Thanks
|| > Kevin
|| >
|| > -----Original Message-----
|| > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:17 PM
|| > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
|| >
|| >
|| > Yes renaming a column is supported, in fact you can change
|| almost every
|| > aspect of a table online.
|| > it works parallel to existing table, right before
|| switching them over, it
|| > gets the latest DML applied, then switches over.
|| >
|| >
|| > "Walking on water and developing software from a
|| specification are easy if
|| > both are frozen."
|| >
|| > Christopher R. Spence
|| > Oracle DBA
|| > Fuelspot
|| >
|| >
|| >
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|| Author: Deshpande, Kirti
|| INET: kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com
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