Re: [jira] Created: (DERBY-165) Droppping columns with ALTER TABLE errors out

[Mike Matrigali]

did you check the documentation? I don't think drop column is a 
supported feaure in derby.  If not, then this should be logged as a 
feature request, not a bug.

Shreyas Kaushik (JIRA) wrote:
Droppping columns with ALTER TABLE errors out
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         Key: DERBY-165
         URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-165
     Project: Derby
        Type: Bug
  Components: SQL  
 Environment: Linux
    Reporter: Shreyas Kaushik
    Priority: Minor

When I try to drop columns using ALTER TABLE command I get the following error, 
irrespective of me using "column" keyword in addition to the drop keyword.
----------------------ERROR REPORT-------------------------------------------
ij> alter table test_linux drop column dept;
ERROR 42X01: Syntax error: Encountered "drop" at line 1, column 24.
ij> alter table test_linux drop dept;
ERROR 42X01: Syntax error: Encountered "drop" at line 1, column 24.
----------------------ERROR REPORT-------------------------------------------