Dropping a Column

Drop a table column to change the table definition.

Prerequisites 

Before you can drop a column, be sure the data server on which you are dropping a table column is running, and you created and established a connection to the data server.

  1. In the Databases folder in Enterprise Explorer, under the database connection profile, expand the navigation tree for the appropriate database and schema owner.
    Database Steps
    From an ASE connection profile
    1. Expand the Databases folder.
    2. Expand the tree for a database and then the tree for the appropriate schema owner.
    From a SQL Anywhere or Sybase IQ connection profile
    1. Expand the tree for a database.
    2. Expand the Schemas folder and then the tree for the appropriate schema owner.
  2. Expand the Tables folder and then expand the table that contains the column you want to drop.
  3. Expand the Columns folder, and find the column you want to drop.
  4. Right-click the column, and choose Drop.
Related tasks
Creating a Column
Copying a Column
Cutting a Column
Pasting a Column
Entering Column Default Values

Created June 25, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com