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2001052 - Why does ASE rebuild a table and indexes when using alter table modify or add column commands? - ASE

Symptom

  • Why does ASE rebuild table and indexes when using alter table modify or add column commands?
  • What is the reason ASE rebuilds a table and indexes when using alter table modify or add column commands?
  • Can the syscolumns metadata be updated directly to change column defintion, like datatype or length / size of a column?


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Environment

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) All Versions

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise all versions

Keywords

system tables, update system tables , syscolimns , alter , alter table , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , How To

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