Re: Renaming columns ...

This is right from Guru Steeve Adam's site

    "No, if the table is referred to in any stored PL/SQL program units, you must first drop those program units and then manually delete the rows for that table (based on its OBJ# from OBJ$) from the 4 data dictionary tables beginning with IDL. The IDL tables contain the DIANA for the table, which includes a knowledge of the old column name. That is why you need to get rid of it. If you do this, it is perfectly safe to change column names directly, even with stored PL/SQL.
Please note, however, that it is also perfectly unsupported. So think twice before doing this on a production system. The supported way to solve this problem is to rename the table, and interpose a view to translate the column name. "

ps check up http://www.ixora.com.au
and do a search. this was from one of the q&a of 99.

regards & hth,
Joseph Raj Kumar
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> Hi all,
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> although I am searching information on Metalink and OTN, I just want to
ask
> this question to the list ...
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> 1. Is it possible to rename a column? (we have lots of columns that need
to
> be renamed). Which version supports it?
> 2. Does renaming automatically takes care of indexes?
>
> Coding will be a lot of manual labor, but that's okay we can handle it.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Raj
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