Hi Ben,
The column names are stored as attributes of the table which follow the
following pattern "FIELD_(\d+)_NAME", where the group is given as a
zero-index column number. (In ViTables, access properties for a table and
then look at the System Attributes tab.)
You might be able to just change the value of this attribute to the new
name.
I don't think that the column name is stored anywhere else, but I may be
wrong.
I would try it out on some test data first. Let me know if this works.
Be Well
Anthony
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Ben Elliston <b...@air.net.au> wrote:
> Is it possible to rename a column in an existing table? I've dug
> through the documentation and not been able to find anything.
>
> I'd rather not have to copy the data from the existing table into a
> new one, as this will require compacting -- and the database is huge.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
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