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Can I ALTER a column to have a DEFAULT

We have decided to make certain columns have a DEFAULT value? Can I
ALTER to do this or do I have to rebuild all the tabled with such elements?

Nov 12 '05 #1
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Robert Stearns wrote:
We have decided to make certain columns have a DEFAULT value? Can I
ALTER to do this or do I have to rebuild all the tabled with such elements?

Yes you can do this online in DB2 V8.2 for LUW
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Serge
Nov 12 '05 #2

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