Thanks, Tom! At 11:55 AM 12/14/01 -0800, you wrote: >me too! nicely said Regina... > >Tom Mercadante >Oracle Certified Professional > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 1:40 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >When I encounter a situation like this, I usually make a temporary table >containing the primary key and the field in question, load it with data >from the table, update the field in the real table with null, modify the >field type, then reload from the temporary table. > >At 09:25 AM 12/14/01 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >We have created our table column with datatype NUMBER (where it should be > >NUMBER(38,0)) > >Now ODBC is treating NUMBER as double precision instead of integer which is > >breaking our code. > >Does there any way to convert NUMBER to number(38)..without export/import > >utility??????? > >Alter table is not working as it it giving error table column should be > >empty. > >Tables have more than 10 million rows. > > > >Thanks > >--Harvinder > >-- > >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > >-- > >Author: Harvinder Singh > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Regina Harter > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Mercadante, Thomas F > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
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