OK you got a point there.
I was thinking along the line of application; it
should/would make no difference to the application
(provided it was "standard case-sensitive")
--
Frank
Howard J. Rogers <howardjr_at_www.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> Hi Frank -used to ask myself the same question. Then I transferred an
> Access (cough!) database to Oracle, and discovered an excellent reason why
> it would be nice to rename columns -the case-sensitivity issue. I am
older
> and wiser now, of course, but still choke on having to remember to
uppercase
> everything in Access.
>
> Regards
> HJR
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> "frank" <fbortel_at_home.nl> wrote in message
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> > No, but adding a new and dropping the old would
> > result in the same. Why change the name of
> > a column anyway?
> >
> > Francesco Marchioni wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > thanks for your suggestion...anyway I needed one more step,
> > > that is changing column name too....is it possible to do it ?
> > > Thanks
> > > Francesco
> > >
> > > frank <fbortel_at_home.nl> wrote in message 39F87693.BB2966C5_at_home.nl...
> > > > SQL> create table lazy( fr number(2));
> > > >
> > > > Table created.
> > > >
> > > > SQL> insert into lazy values(3);
> > > >
> > > > 1 row created.
> > > >
> > > > SQL> alter table lazy modify fr number(10);
> > > >
> > > > Table altered.
> > > >
> > > > SQL> desc lazy
> > > > Name Null? Type
> > > > ----------------------------------------- -------- ------------
> > > >
> > > > FR NUMBER(10)
> > > >
> > > > Guess why I called it lazy?
> > > >
> > > > Frank
> > > > Francesco Marchioni wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > I have a column in my DB which is a number(2). Now my doubt is:
> > > > > Can I change column name & width ( to number (10) )
> > > > > without having to drop the column and build a new one ?
> > > > > In fact I'd like to save the data which is in the column.
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Francesco
> > > >
> >
>
>
Received on Mon Oct 30 2000 - 04:32:43 CST
