On 25-5-2018 22:47, 'livius' liviuslivius@...
[firebird-support] wrote:

> previously it was possible to change external table filename
> UPDATE
> RDB$RELATIONS r
> SET r.RDB$EXTERNAL_FILE='c.txt'
> WHERE
> r.RDB$EXTERNAL_FILE='b.txt'
> in FB3 it is prohibited.
> Is there some DDL statment to alter such table only file name?

As far as I can tell: no. I suggest you create a ticket to introduce
something like:

ALTER TABLE <tablename> ALTER EXTERNAL [FILE] <filename>

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel