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01-30-08, 10:22

wehrle

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increasing char field size

AIX 5.3
DB2 8.2

Is it true that a character field can not be increased in size with the alter table ... alter column ... statement?

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01-30-08, 10:45

ARWinner

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That is correct. The only field type that can be increased is VARCHAR.

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