Re: Changing column width of full table?

From: Tommy Wareing <p0070621_at_brookes.ac.uk>
Date: 1995/06/19
Message-ID: <3s4bkd$k1j_at_cs3.brookes.ac.uk>#1/1


In article <3rsbn0$uf_at_horizon.synon.com>, Raghu Valluri says...
>I believe you can change the width of attributes of data types
>CHAR and NUMBER anytime using ALTER TABLE ...MODIFY

As long as you make allowances for any data already in the table. eg. You cannot make a column NON-null if it currently contains NULLs; You cannot make a column narrower than the narrowest piece of data in that column.  

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