Re: DDL & long-running query

tim.kearsley_at_milton-keynes.gov.uk wrote:

> And have you actually tried running this test? You'll find the DROP
> COLUMN on a table with 100,000,000 rows takes a *very* long time to
> complete because of the undo it generates.
>
> All the testing I've done this morning indicates that an ALTER TABLE
> does NOT wait for a query to complete.
>
> Tim Kearsley
> HBS Milton Keynes

Test again.

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