Interesting, I rarely ever need the need to do this so never looked for a better approach. I see you can rename the column, table, and constraints. http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/RenamingColumnsAndConstraints9i.php
On 5/31/05, Bryan Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yep..after 8i you don't have to create a new column...move all the > data..drop the old column (1 of I think 3 painful approaches). In 9i I > think you can just rename the column like in MS-SQL or MySQL > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:208125 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

