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AW: How to insert a new field on a designated position in a exist
   ing table???

AW: How to insert a new field on a designated position in a exist
   ing table???

2004-05-10       - By Anhaus, Thomas

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Albert Beermann wrote :

>Hello !

>I want to insert a new field into an existing table after/before an
>existing field and i don't know how to code?!

>alter table xyz add column newcolumn position = after field xxx      ???
>                                         position = 4  ???

>Is there a way to do this ???? If not, what is the easiest workaround
>????

>Any help welcomed
>Albert

No, this is not possible. As a workaround I recommend to create a view with the
desired column order :

Create view xyzv as select col1, col2, col3, xxx, col4 from xyz

Best Regards,
Thomas

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