Re: Changing a column

Sbaiz wrote:
>
> Hi to all
> is there a way, in Oracle, to modifiy a column name without dropping the
> table
> maintaining its data. I know that others databases permit changing the name
> of
> the column or dropping a column, but Oracle not.
> It would be nice if Oracle can modify the column name or generate the
> scripts
> by itself, taking care of all the constraints.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Pierluigi S.

Hi,
 The only way to change the column name from (Y TO C) in tab1 is 1. CREATE TABLE TEMP (A,B,C)
    AS
    SELECT A,B,Y FROM TABLE TAB1;
 DROP TABLE TAB1;
 RENAME TEMP TO TAB1 (Remember you have to recreate the constraints)

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