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Re: Dropping a column in Oracle

From: Henk Van Heghe <henk.vanheghe_at_ping.be>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 19:22:24 GMT
Message-ID: <6i2lqp$ite$1@news3.Belgium.EU.net>


scottcr_at_widget.seas.upenn.edu (Scott "Mad Dog" Raven) wrote:

>Does anyone know how to drop a single column from a table in Oracle 7? The
>table has constraints to other tables and cannot be dropped.

create table new(a, b)
as select a, b
from old
rename new to old
!You don't take constraints along !

>- Scott

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Received on Mon Apr 27 1998 - 14:22:24 CDT

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