You're on the right track. You can use alter table here is the syntax from
SQL help
ALTER TABLE table
{ [ALTER COLUMN column_name
{ new_data_type [ (precision[, scale] ) ]
[ NULL | NOT NULL ]
| {ADD | DROP} ROWGUIDCOL
}
]
| ADD
{ [ <column_definition> ]
| column_name AS computed_column_expression
}[,...n]
| [WITH CHECK | WITH NOCHECK] ADD
{ <table_constraint> }[,...n]
| DROP
{ [CONSTRAINT] constraint_name
| COLUMN column
}[,...n]
| {CHECK | NOCHECK} CONSTRAINT
{ALL | constraint_name[,...n]}
| {ENABLE | DISABLE} TRIGGER
{ALL | trigger_name[,...n]}
}
however I suggest you write an SP that creates a temporary table with the
old table structure, insert all of the data into it from the table, drop the
old table, re-create t with the new structure, and the re-insert the data
from the temporary table. Wrap all of this in a Transaction to ensure it
works ok.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Aidan Whitehall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 18 October 2000 10:47
To: CF-Talk
Subject: SQL: Rename a column
How do you rename a column (or should that be field) using a SQL statement?
I've started playing around with ALTER TABLE and CONSTRAINTS, but can't find
the syntax for this.
Thanks in advance.
BTW, *completely* off topic, but does ICQ 2000b have Active Lists? I was on
2 CF Active Lists but there's no AL button on the latest version.
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