Re: newbie question

[Thimble Smith]

At 19:23, 19990901, Carolyn Campbell wrote:
>I need to alter a column in a table so that it holds 100 characters instead
>of 50.  I apologize.  I know the answer must be obvious but the examples in
>the documentation aren't working.  What should I be doing?

Sending us an example of what you mean by "the examples in the documentation
aren't working".  Otherwise we can only repeat what the docs say and hope
that it works the second time you try it.

Also, let us know what version of MySQL you're using, since syntax changes
sometimes between versions.

Tim