>Hello,
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>Is there a way to insert a field into an existing table? I do not mean appending a field with: "ALTER TABLE xx ADD COLUMN yy"
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>With "MODIFY STRUCTURE" you do can insert a field, but I need to do it with code, could anybody please help me out?
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>Thanx in advance
>Ron
The built-in command ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN adds the column at the end. There is no built-in BEFORE FieldX or AFTER Fieldx clause.
As a workaround, you can create a new table and APPEND FROM (see also: COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED).
When I modify my structures, I do the changes manually (i.e., in the table designer), and use a program to APPEND FROM for modified tables. For production data, this program is run at midnight.
HTH, Hilmar.
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