Re: Alter column / array

From: Rolf Lüttecke <rolf(dot)luettecke(at)michael-telecom(dot)de>
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Subject: Re: Alter column / array
Date: 2001-10-12 07:31:02
Message-ID: 007701c152ef$d8461ee0$8300a8c0@michaeltelecom.de
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Hi Tom,

> You can use ALTER TABLE SET DEFAULT to add the default after you add
> the column.
Works.

> Hmm ... I wonder why ADD COLUMN doesn't just call the SET DEFAULT
> routine to handle adding the default ...
I'm wondering too. But all programs do only those things they were told
to do - mostly, not always ;-)

Hi Stephan,

> And, what do you mean by updates doing strange things?
Follow-up-errors caused by updating an uninitialized array. Now it is
clear why it couldn't work.

Thanx and regards

R. Lüttecke (IT)

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