Re: [DUG]: Paradox SQL

[Mark Howard]

Mike No, the column really needs to stay put - not for any programmatical reason, just because that is where it logically belongs if I'm looking for it in the DBD. Thanks Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Osborne To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Paradox SQL Mark Is the column position critical?   If the column you want to change is column 7 (char 4), would it be OK if it became the last column (char 5)?   If so, then SQL is possible - else others who know how to talk to the BDE or who can do clever things with FieldDefs will need to advise.   Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Howard To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:52 AM Subject: [DUG]: Paradox SQL Hi   I want to increase the size of a Char column in a Paradox table from 4 to 5 programmatically.   It seems that I cannot write a SQL script to do this - or have I missed this in the documentation?   What is the easiest alternative?   TIA   Mark