Hello Swarup, >> If you say "Yes", the data in this column is lost. If you say "No", >> nothing happens, including the column not being altered. > > I see. So if I have no needs for that PARTICULAR "ID" column which I > had, then I could say "Yes" and the program will go ahead and remove my > ID column and properly create another one numbered (in my case) 1 to 40? > And that new ID column will work properly as an auto-generating PK > column?
That should work, yes. > When you say "wrong", I'm sure what you mean. sorry for the confusion. What I wanted to say is that altering a column via an SQL statement works in general. But Base sends a *wrong* SQL statement to HSQL when you alter the column via the table designer - this is the reason for the "could not be changed, should I drop/re-append" message. This was just to ensure you don't assume that altering via SQL is not possible in SQL at all. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
