Renaming a Column
From: Randall Woodman <rwoodman_at_verio.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:08:51 GMT
Message-ID: <3B530395.BAF04E0E_at_verio.net>
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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:08:51 GMT
Message-ID: <3B530395.BAF04E0E_at_verio.net>
[Quoted] [Quoted] Sorry for the cross post but I'm desperate for an answer.
[Quoted] Is there a way to rename a column in an existing table? For example, suppose I had a table named FOO.
CREATE TABLE FOO (
FOOWHO VARCHAR2 (12) NOT NULL, BARNONE VARCHAR2 (18) NOT NULL, FOOBAR VARCHAR2 (8) NOT NULL,
)
Now suppose I want to rename the column FOOBAR to FUBAR. I know I could do the following
1. Add a new column called FUBAR 2. update the column FUBAR with the data in FOOBAR 3. Drop the column FOOBAR
However, I was thinking that there was a way to do this using a single
ALTER statement. For example,
alter table <table_name> rename column <column_name> new_column_name
However, that doesn't work.
I'm running Oracle 8.1.6
Thanks for your help.
-=} Randall {=- Received on Mon Jul 16 2001 - 17:08:51 CEST