Thank´s Xaos, but I have a inocent question ¿why on earth can`t do with a simple "alter table" like other databases??? and, o.k drop the old column buy copy the data into a new one? how? with an update query? Thank´s again and sorry if bother =) -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php