RE: Renaming columns ...

HELP !
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PHU,JULIA (HP-Sunnyvale,ex2) [SMTP:julia_phu_at_hp.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 2:21 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Renaming columns ...
>
> ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY ( new_col_name DATATYPE);
>
> It works for me in 8i.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:27 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Chris:
>
> I've been browzing the on-line docs for 9i and the release notes and have
> seen nothing about renaming a column...can you point me to the location in
> the docs that give the syntax?
>
> Thanks
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:17 PM
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>
>
> Yes renaming a column is supported, in fact you can change almost every
> aspect of a table online.
> it works parallel to existing table, right before switching them over, it
> gets the latest DML applied, then switches over.
>
>
> "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if
> both are frozen."
>
> Christopher R. Spence
> Oracle DBA
> Fuelspot
>
>
>

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