From: Michael Abbey Subject: Re: Drop Columns Date: 1996/09/09 Message-ID: <32341EB8.3F@nortel.ca>#1/1 references: <50tdqo$r45@news.tricon.net> <32338EB3.38EE@cadvision.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Bell Northern Research mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.05 9000/712) Wayne Linton wrote: > The same problem exists should one wish to rename a column. I think I > did hear something about column renaming as a new function in some later > relase of ORACLE7 .... 7.3 perhaps? Maybe 8? Sure would be nice! > > Wayne Linton > DBA, Shell Canada Ltd. Wayne .. Oracle has no plans to implement a RENAME column feature. It violates the ANSI SQL standard, and cannot be implemented in a complying SQL model. Michael -- ################################################################### # Michael Abbey Ottawa ON Canada 613 780 2364 ###################################################################