Re: Wherefore art thee: "Drop Column"?

chopskie_at_ix.netcom.com (Edward Chopskie) wrote:

>In article <4eoaca$r8k_at_news2.cts.com>, sharman_at_dsr.com (Lane Sharman) wrote:
>>Is it really true that Oracle 7.1.3 does not support the drop column
>>function within the alter table.
>>
>>If not is there a work-around?
>>
>ALTER allows you to add columns to the end of the table. Yep, its pretty
>helpful.
Right answer to wrong question.

Answers like the following should be written with a notice, "Following is a Great Kludge That Will Only Set You Back a Few Thou"

>Look at MetaMANAGE from BMC Software. MetaMANAGE allows to to change any
>attribute of any object. MetaMANAGE creates a script to
>unload/drop/recreate/reload/recompile/regrant. Check it out.
 

>BMC Software: www.bmc.com
Received on Fri Feb 02 1996 - 00:00:00 CET