Change type of field

Last post 03-03-2008 1:08 PM by cfdelaune. 3 replies.

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01-31-2008 2:30 AM

thomaxz
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Change type of field

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In mysql i used

ALTER TABLE `te` CHANGE `4` `ga` VARCHAR( 2 ) NOT NULL

what the sql lite equaliant

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01-31-2008 9:14 AM In reply to

Nate
Joined on 08-28-2005
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Hi Thomaxz

Just use standard SQL.

http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_alter.asp

http://www.sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html

01-31-2008 11:47 AM In reply to

Sam_
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SQLite has very limited alter table support. The link Nate points to shows the syntax.

For renaming a column, you really need to rename the original table, create a new table with the new column name, and then copy the data over.

HTH,

Sam

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03-03-2008 1:08 PM In reply to

cfdelaune
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Hello,

All I need to do is change the datatype of a column from INT to BIGINT. Is there a way to do this in SQLite?

I use this tool (http://sqliteadmin.orbmu2k.de/) as a visualizer for SQLite and it is amazingly easy to do here, so I am assuming that there is some simple call that I can make in my code to change the column's datatype.

Thanks in advance!

Christian

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