Subject Re: cannot alter column collate. does it exists in FB 2.0?
Author emb_blaster
Haha!

Many thanks again!

Best regards


--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Paul Vinkenoog <paul@...> wrote:
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> Hi emb_blaster,
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>
> Just creating a new column ought to be enough. Create it with the
desired collation, then:
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> update table MyTable set NewColumn = OldColumn
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> After that:
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> alter table MyTable drop OldColumn
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> Then rename the new column:
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> alter table MyTable alter NewColumn to OldColumn
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> And optionally reposition it to where the original OldColumn used to be:
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> alter table MyTable alter OldColumn position ...
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>
> Greetings,
> Paul Vinkenoog
>