ALTER TABLE

Use the ALTER TABLE statement to add and drop columns in row tables using TIBCO ComputeDB API or SQL.

Note

  • ALTER TABLE is not supported on column, temporary and external tables.

  • For row tables, only adding and dropping a column is supported using TIBCO ComputeDB APIs or SQL.

Syntax

SQL

ALTER TABLE table-name
{
  ADD COLUMN column-definition |
  DROP COLUMN column-name
}

API:

snc.alterTable(tableName, isAddColumn, column)

Example

SQL:

-- create a table
CREATE TABLE trade.customers (
    cid int not null,
    cust_name varchar(100),
    addr varchar(100),
    tid int);

-- drop a non-primary key column if the column is not used for table partitioning, and the column has no dependents
ALTER TABLE trade.customers DROP COLUMN addr;

-- add the column back with a default value
ALTER TABLE trade.customers ADD COLUMN addr varchar(100);

API:

//create a table in Snappy store
    snc.createTable("orders", "row", ordersDF.schema, Map.empty[String, String])

//alter table add/drop specified column, only supported for row tables.

// for adding a column isAddColumn should be true
    snc.alterTable("orders", true, StructField("FirstName", StringType, true))

// for dropping a column isAddColumn should be false
    snc.alterTable("orders", false, StructField("FirstName", StringType, true))