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Why can we not delete columns in tables?

From: Tim Eyres <tim.eyres_at_genedata.com>
Date: 1997/09/29
Message-ID: <342FC676.5DD9@genedata.com>#1/1

Does anybody know the justification for not being able to delete columns from tables when using Oracle? Is there a genuine relational database principle behind it or is it just an Oracle failing?

Tim Received on Mon Sep 29 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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