Jason,

most of the IB administration Systems do it right this way:

update RDB$FIELDS set
RDB$FIELD_TYPE = xx
where RDB$FIELD_NAME = xx

I never experienced any problem with this....

CU, Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Wharton [mailto:jwharton@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 8:44 AM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ib-support] Direct modification to system tables to...
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> change a column from one domain to another one.
>
> Has anyone tried directly changing the RDB$FIELD_SOURCE column from

one

> domain name to another?
>
> I'm doing it right now for testing but was just wondering if it would

work

> ok. Do I need to backup and restore? Etc...
>
> Thanks in advance for any comments.
>
> Jason Wharton
> CPS - Mesa AZ
> http://www.ibobjects.com
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