On Tue, 29 May 2001, Mihai Gheorghiu wrote:

> I have a database with multiple referential integrity links.
> I want to make important changes to one of the tables, which is referenced
> by other tables for foreign keys (like deleting some columns, or changing
> data type).
> What would be the easiest way to do it (without re-creating all the other
> tables that are refering to it)?

Drop the table, make the changes and use alter table add constraint to
re-add the constraints to the referencing tables (the original constraints
should go away when the other table is dropped)



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