How to insert columns at a specific position in existing table?

Question

I created a table with 85 columns but I missed one column. The missed column should be the 57th one. I don\'t want to drop that table and create it again. I\'m looking to ed

Answer 1

As workaround one could consider the use of column renaming. I.e. add the new column at the end, and then until the new column is at the right position, add a temporary column for each column whose position is after the new column, copy the value from the old column to the temporary one, drop the old column and finally rename the temporary column.

see also: https://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1770086700346491686