Re: Renaming columns?

From: Carlos Netto <Carlos.Netto_at_ibase.org.br>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 94 22:45:00 -0300
Message-ID: <2aa.724.846%mpcbbs_at_ibase.org.br>


On 19 Aug 94 02:35pm, Heikki Rissanen wrote to ALL:

 HR> Newsgroup: comp.databases.oracle
 HR> Organization: Oracle User Group Finland

 HR> Howard Hartsfield (howardh_at_freenet3.scri.fsu.edu) wrote:  HR> : Is there a way to rename a column in Oracle?

 HR> No that I know. You can create a new table from the old one.
 HR> If you cannot or don't want to do that, create new column,move
 HR> data,empty old one and change it to char(1).
 

Only for small tables. Imagine tables with 1 GByte! It's impossible!



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