RE: Changing a table to have a new column before existing columns -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: RE: Changing a table to have a new column before existing columns
From: "Elvis Budimlic" <ebudimlic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:57:56 -0500
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Martin, I figured you needed a non-V5R2 solution, but as you point out this
seems interesting from the academic standpoint.
Here's the syntax that should accomplish what you wanted:
 
CREATE TABLE lib/tblNew AS (SELECT f1, CHAR('-') AS newColumn, f2 FROM
lib/tblOld) WITH DATA

it should create a CHAR(1) newColumn with default value of '-' (dash).

Elvis

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