>>>Have you ever done this? Every time I've tried to alter table with a cursor I get an error that says it is an invalid operation for a cursor.
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>>The cursor must be read-write, then it's "legal".
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>I must have something wrong. This code fails for me.
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>select * from tip into cursor temp readwrite
>alter table temp add column sc20 c(10)
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Worked for me