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Changing tables after the fact
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05/03/1999 09:50:01
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00194452
Message ID:
00194458
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20
Vicki,
Try the ALTER TABLE command.
Mark

>Here's the scenario: You have an application that will be distributed. It has a database with tables used by the screens and reports (of course). After distribution, you decide to add fields to a table. What is the best approach to doing this effectively?
>
>One way: MODIFY mydbc
> REMOVE TABLe one2change
> USE one2change
>?? how do you add a field without the database designer
> other code
> ADD TABLE one2change
>
>Or do you have to send a blank file and append the data to it, remove old table from dbc, replace with new???
>
>How do the pros do it??
"It hit an iceberg and it sank. Get over it."
Robert Ballard, dicoverer of the Titanic wreckage.
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