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hi all i have a doubt

Suppose I have a table employee
in which i have 3 fields no name and salary
I have stored 100 records

Now suppose i alter the table by adding two more fields say dep and address

will my old data lost or not

thanks
prakash
Feb 15 '07 #1
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michaelb
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Your old data will remain unaffected.
Feb 15 '07 #2

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