to change datatype

coolminded

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

rski

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

Pramod Gautam

Hi,
i have solution for this
run this query

ALTER TABLE tableName ALTER COLUMN columnName TYPE
newdatatype;

Mar 12 '08 #3