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Message Posted: Wed, 28 May 2003 @ 14:31:55 GMT

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It really depends on what the table is being used for and how it's accessed...

-Altering will lock the table up for sure. But during the lock at least you know people can't get to it..

-It will put the column at the end of the table. Which is sometimes unacceptable.. Some companies like timestamps to be the last column..

-It will also preserve the statistics collected so you don't have to redo them...

If I have the time - I usually do a create>insert>rename>collect stats.. Or even better a "Create table as(with no data)" then insert select with the new data for the column.

But the bottom line is - I generally follow whatever the rule is at any job I start at..

Doug

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