My understanding is that improvements are planned for the next release, 10.3. I'm not sure where we stand on the date for that release - anyone have any info on the expected release date?
David On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 11:45 -0500, Stephen Caine wrote: > Alex, > > > I have to say, that I am really frustrated today. I evaluated Derby > > for some time, and liked it for many reasons, but then I realise > > that Derby does have significant limits in the alter table syntax: > > it is neither possible to properly change the type of a column, nor > > to rename a column or table and particularly not to drop a column. > > I can't agree with you more, but the developers seem to be aware of > these limitations and are working on addressing them. I can only > hope that the limits to the alter table syntax will be addressed soon. > > Stephen Caine > CommonGround Softworks, Inc. >
