Re: Urgent: modify column name

Djaroud Salim wrote:
>
> hi every body,
> I'm on oracle 7.3.4 is it possible to mdify a column name ?
> very urgent !!!!!!!!!!!
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> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
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> Author: Djaroud Salim
> INET: SDJaroud_at_france-secours.com
>

No, unless you do morally questionable updates to the dictionary.

Alternative :

   Suppose that you have table T(C1, C2, C3) and want to rename C2 to D.

   rename T to T_back;
   create table T as select C1, C2 D, C3 from T_back;    drop table T_back;

 Beware that by doing so all grants on T will have to be recreated.

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Regards,

  Stephane Faroult
  Oriole Corporation
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