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Is it possible to change column name of existing table?

10'x in advanced,
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Not without rebuilding the table.

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Is it possible to change column name of existing table

Code:

ALTER TABLE tblname RENAME COLUMN colname TO newcolname

(At least, when you are on DB2 9 for z/OS.)

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ALTER TABLE tblname RENAME COLUMN colname TO newcolname

(At least, when you are on DB2 9 for z/OS.)

With LUW, that does not exist.

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