How do I add a column to my existing table in a specific location?
Hi all,
I have an existing table and I want to add a column to the table, but I don't want the column to be at the end of the table I would like to place the column between 2 other columns in the table. How do I do this?
alter table REQUEST
add SLE_DATE DATE;
I have an existing table and I want to add a column to the table, but I don't want the column to be at the end of the table I would like to place the column between 2 other columns in the table. How do I do this?
alter table REQUEST
add SLE_DATE DATE;
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Naveen Kumar
but I don't want the column to be at the end of the table I would like to place the column between 2 other columns in the table. How do I do this? ------------> What is your requirement because i do not see any value addition by having it in the middle. It does not really matter in which order your column appears in the table.
Other option I can think of is to create a VIEW out of your table where in you can specify the column order.
So instead of selecting from the table, you do select from VIEW
So instead of selecting from the table, you do select from VIEW
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The SLE_DATE is not within any of my tables, this is a stand alone field that I need to enter. I get the following error when I execute the table: SLE_DATE: invalid identifier
You cannot alter a table and reorder the columns like that the same way you can in mysql. byten has the corrent answer in that you need to recreate the table with the new column order.