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Re: ALTER Field - How can I avoid dependencies ?

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From: qWin
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:21
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I had wanted to cheat the integrity mechanism
anyway I did the change the longwinded way
would still be interested to know if there is a way ....
q


"qWin" <ZuluData@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> I need to ALTER MyField
> TYPE Decimal(8,2) to TYPE Decimal(10,2)
> but there are dependencies.
>
> I would have to drop quite a few other things 1st
> Then only make my desired change
> .. and then recreate all the other dropped stuff again
>
> Is there not a way to avoid all that?
>
> Thanks q
> 
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