Re: How do you drop a column in Oracle 8?

From: Winnie Liu <oracle_dba_at_zdnetmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 19:11:19 -0700
Message-ID: <6us3na$qjj@sjx-ixn4.ix.netcom.com>

I never heard that Oracle can allow you to drop a column in the table just using alter table...!!

Winnie

ffinstad_at_globalsight.com wrote in message <6ursht$hkv$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>How do you drop a column in Oracle 8?
>
>I'm using the sql call:
>
>ALTER TABLE mytable DROP mycolumn;
>
>I get the error message:
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>ORA-00905: missing keyword before mycolumn.
>
>Any ideas? This same sql worked in for me in other databases.
>
>Any help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
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>Franco Finstad
>Web Developer
>Global Sight Corp.
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Received on Tue Sep 29 1998 - 21:11:19 CDT