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by groby_b 5436 days ago
Unfortunately, we're still in that time. I don't see "ALTER TABLE" go away any time soon :)
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olliesaunders 5436 days ago
Yup. SQL is from the dark ages. No wonder people are trying to abstract it away all the time.
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groby_b 5436 days ago
Just to clarify, I was kidding. I'm fairly certain the GP was referring to COBOL's "ALTER x TO PROCEED TO Y" statement.

All of you who didn't get the reference, you don't even know how lucky you are :)

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