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Re: ORA-00955 error when dropping field

From: Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_medimpact.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:15:20 GMT
Message-ID: <sxYt9.558$Fi1.32783379@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>


Daniel Morgan wrote:
> Excuse me ... but ...
>
> SQL> create table xyz (
> 2 firstfld varchar2(2),
> 3 secondfld varchar2(2),
> 4 lastfld varchar2(2));
>
> Table created.
>
> SQL> alter table xyz
> 2 drop column secondfld;
>
> Table altered.
>
> SQL>
>
> You can drop any column you want in 8.1.7. and above.
>
> Daniel Morgan
>

Oops. You are absolutely right. I thought I had tried this in the past and it failed. Must be I'm getting old ... sad, but true. Thanks for the correction, Daniel. Received on Thu Oct 24 2002 - 15:15:20 CDT

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