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The problem is that these kinds of operations can have a timed delayed fuse. By the time your leg explodes the old leg does not feet (could not resist :-) )

Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services
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> Sent: Wed, January 23, 2002 7:51 PM
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>
> Oh, anything is possible if you want to do it badly enough and don't mind
> screwing with the "protections" Oracle's put in place to stop you from
> shooting yourself in the foot. Of course, if you wind up shooting yourself
> in the foot because of it, it's best to have a cold backup of the foot to
> sew back on to the end of your leg.
>
> Lessons learned in the trenches...
> Bambi.
>
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> Ahh - but he let the cat out of the bag! So it IS possible!
>
> Tom Mercadante
> Oracle Certified Professional
>
>
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>
> wow, Dick, pretty counterculture for you! ;-)
>
> Glad you didn't post it, so the list nannies
> didn't have to "tsk, tsk" you!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> There is an undocumented, unsupported method of doing so by manipulating
> the
> data dictionary. I was brave enough to try it some years ago on a test
> instance
> created just for the purpose. IF you hit it just right it works. But if
> you
> make just ONE mistake it's history. Consequently I do NOT recommend it.
> It's a
> whole lot easier, and much less error prone, to either create a view that
> does
> the column rename or rebuild the table.
>
> Dick Goulet
>
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> Date: 1/23/2002 3:25 AM
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> Hello
>
> Is it possible to rename a column in Oracle 8 ( Release 8.0.3.0.0 )?
>
> Regards
> Systems
>
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