2010/8/1 Uwe Küchler <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Octavian, > > have you considered using a view as an API to the table? This way, you > could re-order, rename and even drop columns without caring about FK > constraints. > > A couple of thoughts on that spring to mind: * any app that does 'select *' and expects columns in the current order will break. It does not matter that 'select *' is a bad idea, that never stopped anyone. Dang, while typing the first one, I forgot the second one. Oh well... Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com