Chip, My initial observations are: * I think [ ] around the table name are not required (that's not part of the SQL standard) * it would seem that 4D's implementation of Alter table doesn't support "rename"
Regards, Narinder Chandi, ToolBox Systems Ltd. -- -----Original Message----- From: 4D_Tech <[email protected]> on behalf of 4D Tech Mailing List <[email protected]> Reply-To: 4D Tech Mailing List <[email protected]> Date: Friday, 26 July 2019 at 19:30 To: 4D Tech Mailing List <[email protected]> Cc: Chip Scheide <[email protected]> Subject: SQL - renaming a field I'm trying to use SQL to rename an existing field $Sql:="Alter table ["+$Table_Name+"] Rename "+"Unused"+" to "+$Field_Name+";" When executed I get a parsing error at 'Rename'. can someone better versed either correct my above syntax, or point out a way to rename an existing field using SQL, -- preferably without dropping and then adding. Thanks Chip --------------- Gas is for washing parts Alcohol is for drinkin' Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
