spectrum ALTER EXTERNAL TABLE to add column

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Is it possible to use ALTER EXTERNAL TABLE to add columns? or the whole table needs to be dropped & re-created with all partitions ?

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ylp2
asked 4 years ago1721 views
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Hi yip2,

The Redshift doc clearly explains that you can alter an external table to add a column, but there are limitation to what other clauses and column properties can be included. See the doc. page here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_ALTER_TABLE.html

I hope this answers your question.

Regards,
-Kurt

klarson
answered 4 years ago
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