On 2/21/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Their database, not mine. It's a big flat thing. > > I was joking about the bit datatype thing, but if you really have 1200 > columns - not rows, columns - the firing of the original database designer > should be an auditable event.
+1!!! Owch... if that is the case then you can simply write a second table that matches up with the changed column name as pointed out before and give it a nice pretty description. And yes, you need to pitch them on a nice normalized database that won't look like a third-grader's report card. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270418 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
