Re: Alter table.
Posted in 1994
Naomi Walker — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
>
> Hi,
> Is there anyway i can add a new column to a table without the temporary table
> being created? The problem i have is that i don't have enough dbspace left, but the table has millions of rows, how can i add a new column to the table without running out of dbspace? If anybody has any ideas please let me know.
>
Perhaps you could unload to disk, remove the old table, recreate with a new
schema, then load it with dbload, specifying the columns you want loaded.
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