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arkiboys
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 Posted - 2012-01-26 : 07:31:00
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| I would like to drop a field by indicating the index order and NOT the name of the field.How is this done please?something like: ?alter table tblMaindrop column(9)Thanks |
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GilaMonster
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2012-01-26 : 07:43:57
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| If you want to do that you'll need to query sys.columns for the name of the column with a column_id or 9, get the name into a variable and use dynamic SQL to run the ALTER.--Gail ShawSQL Server MVP |
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arkiboys
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
1433 Posts |
Posted - 2012-01-26 : 07:48:53
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| I see.Thanks |
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drop column