Is it possible to add an keyfield or field to an Physical file without changing its file identifier.
Example : - Say I have an existing physical file which is being used in 5 programs. Now I want to add an additional Keyfield or an field to it and I don't want to recompile the programs.
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Answer Posted / vivek dwivedi
You can add field in file using sql. Alter table as below..
ALTER TABLE File_Name ADD COLUMN Field_Name SMALLINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
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