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1878.5.4
by Brian Aker
Update documentation. |
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ALTER TABLE
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1945.3.3
by Marisa Plumb
updates to a few sql docs |
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1945.3.4
by Marisa Plumb
SQL edits and rewrites |
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An ALTER statement modifies the definition (structure) of a table inside Drizzle. |
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The types of objects that can be altered depends on which RDBMS is being used. |
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The ALTER TABLE statement is used to change a table definition by: |
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1) Adding, dropping, modifying table columns
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2) Adding and dropping constraints
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3) Enabling and Disabling constraints
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1945.3.9
by Marisa Plumb
changes in cross-references |
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4) Rename a table
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1994.5.37
by Stewart Smith
add FIXME that we should document current implementation of ALTER TABLE |
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2165.2.1
by Andrew Hutchings
Initial cleanups |
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.. todo:: |
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add something about current implementation: i.e. write blocking copying alter table. |