Apply various modifications to columns in a table, view. The available
modifications include the following:Create or delete an index on a
particular column. This can speed up certain operations when using expressions
containing equality or relational operators on indexed columns. This only
applies to tables.Manage a table’s columns—a column can be added, removed, or have its
type and properties modified, including whether
it is dictionary encoded or not.
Table on which the operation will be performed. Must be an existing table or view, in [schema_name.]table_name format, using standard name resolution rules.
List of alter table add/delete/change column requests - all for the same table. Each request is a map that includes ‘column_name’, ‘action’ and the options specific for the action. Note that the same options as in alter table requests but in the same map as the column name and the action. For example: [{‘column_name’:‘col_1’,‘action’:‘change_column’,‘rename_column’:‘col_2’},{‘column_name’:‘col_1’,‘action’:‘add_column’, ‘type’:‘int’,‘default_value’:‘1’}].
The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
List of alter table add/delete/change column requests - all for the same table. Each request is a map that includes ‘column_name’, ‘action’ and the options specific for the action. Note that the same options as in alter table requests but in the same map as the column name and the action. For example: [{‘column_name’:‘col_1’,‘action’:‘change_column’,‘rename_column’:‘col_2’},{‘column_name’:‘col_1’,‘action’:‘add_column’, ‘type’:‘int’,‘default_value’:‘1’}].
