Matthias Hanft wrote: > let's say I have a table like this > > NBR INTEGER PRIMARY KEY > SOMEFIELD1 VARCHAR > SOMEFIELD2 VARCHAR > [...] > > Now I don't want to be NBR the primary key any more (the numbers there > have a special meaning where I need to have some "0" entries now); I'd > like to insert another "ID" colum which should be the new primary key > (and filling it automatically from 1 to N by a generator). > > Is this possible within the "live" database/table, or do I have to create > a new table with the colums needed, and do some "INSERT INTO NEWTABLE > SELECT FROM OLDTABLE" and finally rename the new table to the old name? > > The server is FB 2.0.3; I have IBExpert and FlameRobin available.
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