Sybase ASE 12.5 error message about ’select into’ option needing to be enabled
Sybase (ASE 12.5) error message I was getting when trying to modify a column’s metadata/attributes:
The ’select into’ database option is not enabled for database ‘myDbName’. ALTER TABLE with data copy cannot be done.
Set the ’select into’ database option and re-run.
Solution that worked for me (including the column-altering command in the middle):
USE master;
EXEC sp_dboption “myDbName”,”select into/bulkcopy”,true;
COMMIT;
USE myDbName;
ALTER TABLE myTableName
MODIFY myColumnName varchar(60) NOT NULL;
USE master;
EXEC sp_dboption “myDbName”,”select into/bulkcopy”,false;
COMMIT;
References:
Ed Barlow’s “fix_db.pl” script, which I happened to find the solution in when grepping my local machine.
http://www.edbarlow.com/document/utilities/readme.htm This page, where I stumbled across the solution eventually, as one of many google search results. I had result pages open in several windows, and was looking through them when I noticed the grep results.
http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/18583
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