This is a continuation of a discussion on the users mailing list which I
was advised to transfer here. See:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.db.derby.user/4836/focus=4836
I've applied the patch for dropping columns and confirmed it works in a
basic scenario. Here are some follow up questions/issues:
1. Dropping the column seems very slow for large tables. I suppose this
is inevitable as lots of data needs to be deleted. But are improvements
possible?
2. I'm reluctant to use the SVN trunk in my application, preferring a
stable release. Are there any plans for when this patch will get into a
stable release.
3. The version from trunk does not appear able to read databases created
with the 10.1.3.1 release. Has the database file syntax changed?
Thanks
Tim
