RE: Renaming a column

Oracle will absolutely not support your database if you ever reveal to them that you've directly hacked the data dictionary. And with good reason.

Paul Baumgartel
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Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:27 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Have you personally done this in your test database (and may be in your production database)?
Are there any 'side effect' as to Oracle may not support any problems it may create down the road?
Or this is a perfectly safe operation to 'just do it' ? If so, what type of 'risks' it might have?
I would like to more about it.

Thanks,
- Kirti

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>
> Hessu,
> In Oracle 8i renamimg of a column is possible. Otherwise there is
> a roundabout method . As sys user you have to first find out your
> object's id from obj$ table . And then change the column name from col$
> table by giving the object id . It is risky be careful . First you can
> try on test database .
>
> Reply.
>
> -- neena
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