I need to add a column to a table. This table holds several thousand
records, has several indexes, and serves as the parent table to a few
child tables.
When I've done this in the past, it has taken quite a long time for
the ALTER TABLE command to complete.
So, what is the correct procedure for adding a column? Drop the
indexes, add the column, and recreate the indexes?
Thanks.
-David
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On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 11:05, David Shadovitz wrote: I need to add a column to a table. This table holds several thousand
records, has several indexes, and serves as the parent table to a few
child tables.
When I've done this in the past, it has taken quite a long time for
the ALTER TABLE command to complete.
So, what is the correct procedure for adding a column? Drop the
indexes, add the column, and recreate the indexes?
Can you be more explicit about "quite a long time".
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By "quite a long time" I meant at least a few hours.
-David ro***********@c ox.net (Ron Johnson) wrote in message news:<106589650 3.24193.53.came l@haggis>... On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 11:05, David Shadovitz wrote: I need to add a column to a table. This table holds several thousand
records, has several indexes, and serves as the parent table to a few
child tables.
When I've done this in the past, it has taken quite a long time for
the ALTER TABLE command to complete.
So, what is the correct procedure for adding a column? Drop the
indexes, add the column, and recreate the indexes?
Can you be more explicit about "quite a long time".
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