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dk
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Posted - 01/29/2009 :  04:34:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am wondering can I just change the length of the varchar colum to new value in my database without any worries?

bklr
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Posted - 01/29/2009 :  04:37:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
u can alter varchar column length

alter table tablename alter column columnname varchar(expected length)
Edited by - bklr on 01/29/2009 04:40:43
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AvanthaSiriwardana
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Posted - 01/29/2009 :  05:04:57  Show Profile  Send AvanthaSiriwardana a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Right click on the table then modify and enter the desired value you want in Length property.

Avantha Siriwardana
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dk
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Posted - 01/29/2009 :  05:14:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks. I did it.
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bklr
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Posted - 01/29/2009 :  05:15:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ur welcome
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