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RDBPROD: How to conditionally execute an ALTER TABLE statement (Doc ID 1987954.1)

Last updated on APRIL 16, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Rdb Server on OpenVMS - Version 7.1 and later
HP OpenVMS Itanium
HP OpenVMS Alpha

Goal

A number of copies of a database contain a table that may have been altered in some cases to include a new column. Using Interactive SQL, is it possible to check the table in a database and add a column to those versions that do not already have the new column defined? 

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