× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. JAVA400-L
  3. February 2003

Re: ALTER TABLE while it's in use?

"Price, Chris" <chris_price@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:8C36E2F99542D71188030002A5293AA41DDD8B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ALTER TABLE is implemented (to the best of my knowledge) by renaming the
old
> table (file), creating a new one, then copying the data from old to new.
So
> the iSeries must get an exclusive lock on the file before the operation
can
> start.

I kind of figured something like that ... a co-worker thought he heard that
there was a journaling improvement that allowed this kind of thing to
happen.

Actually, the fact that other database's allow this to happen and not DB2
400 might cause us some grief.

david

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Follow-Ups:
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.