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dear all,
i have to modify the datatype of a column of a table. the datatype of the column is varchar(2). i need to increase the length to 20. can u provide the query to change it
TIA
Dec 9 '07 #1
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dear all,
i have to modify the datatype of a column of a table. the datatype of the column is varchar(2). i need to increase the length to 20. can u provide the query to change it
TIA
ALTER TABLE table_name ALTER COLUMN column_name TYPE new_type;
Dec 9 '07 #2
Hi,
i have solution for this
run this query

ALTER TABLE tableName ALTER COLUMN columnName TYPE
newdatatype;
Mar 12 '08 #3

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