David Lidström writes:
> Hi! > > Is it not possible to move a mysql column to after another existing > Column by using the CHANGE statement in ALTER TABLE? > > ALTER TABLE enum_test CHANGE ostron ostron int(4) NULL DEFAULT '0' > AFTER newCol_2 Moving oysters around, eh? :-) As far as I know, there is no way to move columns around, although you can do it by dropping the column and recreating it in a different position. the workaround is to CREATE TABLE ... SELECT ... and then remove the old table and rename the new one. The only downside to this is that for a brief moment your table will not be there. Oh, and I suspect you'll get into all sorts of problems if you're using foreign keys. Generally, I avoid trying to move columns about, if only so that a dump of the structure won't be different without there being a real (i.e., significant) difference. Also, the order of the columns might have some archeological curiosity value. ;-) //C - listening to Iron Maiden while drinking tea. -- Carl Troein - Círdan / Istari-PixelMagic - UIN 16353280 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://pixelmagic.dyndns.org/~cirdan/ Amiga user since '89, and damned proud of it too. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
