Rachel, Rick - And I really appreciated Rachel's suggestion because the new project will be on 9i, so it makes sense for me to change my methods while taking advantage of the latest Oracle features. Thanks to the goddess!
Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:29 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L to yes I know, which is why I did not suggest it to the original poster. Dennis was talking about *his* future projects, which is why I suggested it for him --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The user stated they were using 8.1.7.1 :) > > > > > Rachel > > Carmichael To: Multiple recipients > of list ORACLE-L > <wisernet100@y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ahoo.com> cc: > > Sent by: Subject: RE: Suggestions > solicited - Change Column > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datatype from Number to > > om > > > > > > 10/24/2002 > > 08:38 PM > > Please respond > > to ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > 9i -- dbms_redefinition > > should do it for you :) > > > --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, well the developers are always pi$$ed about something anyway. > > ;-) > > > > Seriously, good point, I've been spoiled, because most of my > > applications > > have kept the RI in the application as was being discussed earlier. > > Now they > > are switching to Java and in future projects will be implementing > RI > > in > > Oracle, so I'll have to be more careful about that. > > > > Dennis Williams > > DBA, 40%OCP > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:18 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > to > > > > > > Dennis, > > > > That's a good thought, and it works if you don't have grants, > > constraints or dependencies on the original table. > > > > If you drop table1, you lose them all > > > > Rachel > > > > --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Deepak, If there are many columns on these tables, your method > may > > be > > > best. > > > However, this will generate a lot of redo. You can usually > > accomplish > > > this > > > with a CTAS nologging, which won't generate redo. If you really > > don't > > > want > > > to change the location, you can: > > > create table temp as select * from table1 nologging > > > drop table table1 > > > create table table1 (column, column . . . ) as select * from > > temp > > > nologging > > > drop table temp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dennis Williams > > > DBA, 40%OCP > > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 3:15 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > We have a need to change the datatype of several columns in a > table > > > from > > > number to varchar2. Most of the rows have data in these columns > > hence > > > a > > > direct 'alter table ...' will not work. > > > > > > We plan to create a temp table, move the data from these colums > to > > > that > > > table, modify the column datatype from number to varchar2 and > then > > > update > > > the colums with the data that was moved to the temp table. > > > > > > Any suggestions/comments or a better way to do this ? Oh, and we > > are > > > on > > > 8.1.7.1 > > > > > > thanx > > > deepak > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > > -- > > > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting > > services > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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). > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Y! 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