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"Sönke Petersen" <sk.petersen_at_gmx.de> wrote in message news:<b83ifv$i19$1_at_news.mch.sbs.de>...
> Hello,
> how can I change (in an easy manner) the column name of on Oracle table?
> Regards,
> Sönke
If you are using 9i (R2, look like) , just use "RENAME COLUMN".
SQL> desc tyu
Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------- C1 VARCHAR2(2) C2 NUMBER(2)
SQL> alter table tyu rename column c2 to col2;
Table altered.
SQL> desc tyu
Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------- C1 VARCHAR2(2) COL2 NUMBER(2)
SQL>
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