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Status Submitted
Workspace IBM i
Categories Languages - Other
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 10, 2024

I would like to change the default value for the SQL command DROP COLUMN from CASCADE to RESTRICT.

Hello
I would like to change the default value for the SQL command DROP COLUMN from CASCADE to RESTRICT.

As far as I know, this is not possible.

The problem is that I usually enter the DROP COLUMN command as an SQL script in the ACS.
And I often don't think about specifying RESTRICT.
And with CASCADE, the risk is too great that views will be automatically deleted without me noticing.
Because apparently there is not even any information about which views have been automatically deleted.

ALTER TABLE Tablename DROP COLUMN Fieldname

If this is already possible, it would be great if you could tell me how to do it.

Idea priority Low