RE: Add column(s) to an existing table
- From: "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Roger.Xu@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Oracle-L@Freelists. Org \(E-mail\)" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:55:07 -0400
Adding columns to a table of any arbitrary size is simply a DDL (data
dictionary) operation. The only reason you'd need to visit every row is
if the column you were adding was specifying a non-null default value.
-Mark
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Mark J. Bobak
Senior Oracle Architect
ProQuest Information & Learning
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of men who try to. --H. Mumford Jones, 1892-1980
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Xu
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:50 PM
To: Oracle-L@Freelists. Org (E-mail)
Subject: Add column(s) to an existing table
Hi List,
Does the following SQL touch every single row
immediately?
ALTER TABLE supplier
ADD (supplier_tax_id varchar2(10),
supplier_timezone varchar2(5) );
What is the best way to add column(s) to an existing
table with millions of rows?
Thanks,
Roger
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