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Re: Oracle #1? Then why are these still missing...

From: Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:55:18 GMT
Message-ID: <37a90280.21331683@newshost.us.oracle.com>


A copy of this was sent to killer796_at_yahoo.com (if that email address didn't require changing) On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 18:53:57 GMT, you wrote:

>Um, I'm glad like you guys have a forum to vent your rage. Better here
>than on the highway. But do you think maybe you could turn your 200
>collective years of experience to answering some oracle questions. I
>posted one this morning (Renaming Columns 8i) and there has been no
>solutions posted from any of you eminent experts.
>

can't answer the impossible (actually, if you read this thread -- you'd know that you cannot rename a column :)

rename of a column doesn't exist.

Use a view, rename the table, create a view the name of the table, fix the column name in the view.

>
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>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

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See http://govt.us.oracle.com/~tkyte/ for my columns 'Digging-in to Oracle8i'... Current article is "Part I of V, Autonomous Transactions" updated June 21'st  

Thomas Kyte                   tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Service Industries     Reston, VA   USA

Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Fri Jul 30 1999 - 14:55:18 CDT

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