Fast Schema Change (-populate)

Use Fast Schema Change (-populate) to turn off fast schema change when you are adding fields to a table. Fast schema change is the default behavior.

In earlier versions of OpenEdge, adding a field to an existing database table is a time-consuming process for large databases. The DBMS updated the data in each row of the table to reflect the newly added field. Now OpenEdge provides a fast schema change when you are adding fields to a table when all qualifying conditions are met. If all conditions are not met, adding a field causes OpenEdge to update every row in the table.