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From David P,
Hi John,
(prepare to be ?frustrated?) - unless you are running Oracle 8i you can't drop a column. If you are using Oracle 8i, sorry but I can't help - I only have access to the 8.0.5. Enterprise Edition documentation (not the 8.1.5. series i.e. Oracle 8i)
John Duran wrote:
> What is the syntax for dropping a Column from a table.
>
> the ref mentions add columns, and modifing columns.
>
> the standard SQL command:
>
> ALTER TABLE MYTABLE
> DROP MYCOLUMN
>
> Doesn't seem to work
>
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