Re: ALTER TABLE over multiple members

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What problems? - I often add new fields within the layout, or expand
existing fields, both single & multimember. Even drop fields.
The only limit i have had so far was changing alpha to num or reverse.
btw- the chgpf command is internally doing a copy. You will get halts
if decimal data errors, and a warning if dropping a field or shortening
a field (warning about potential lost data).
jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: ALTER TABLE over multiple members


> Just to clarify if you use CHGPF - be sure to put the new fields at the
> end of the record. Do not insert them anywhere else into the record. A
> co-worker of mine did this not too long ago and the results weren't
> pretty.
>
> Regards, Jerry
>
> Gerald Kern
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