On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 11:38 AM Igal @ Lucee.org <i...@lucee.org> wrote:
> alter table some_table > rename column amount_num to amount_text; > > alter table some_table > drop column amount_num; > You just renamed amount_num to amount_text so I'm not sure why you expect the drop to succeed. Would it have less locking than simply altering the column? > I doubt anything will improve upon simply altering the column. You have to perform a full table rewrite in either case which is going to be the main resource consumer. David J.
