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SQL help

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  • 09-07-2008 12:15pm
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    jon1981
    Registered Users Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭


    hi,

    I currently have a table, call it "myTable" that has a field "myField" defined as varchar2(2 bytes).

    how do i change this to 5 bytes? i never work with databases but im trying to do something quickly to test something. im using toad

    cheers

    edit: its an oracle DB


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    forbairt
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    would this do the trick for you ?
    ALTER TABLE
    myTable
    MODIFY
    (
    myField varchar2(5)
    )
    ;


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    jon1981
    Registered Users Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭jon1981


    forbairt wrote: »
    would this do the trick for you ?

    cheers i was using change instead of modify...that worked


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