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changing one datatype to another [message #227935] Fri, 30 March 2007 04:27 Go to next message
shahnazurs
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Registered: June 2005
Location: India
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Hi,
I want to change a column from numeric to alphanumeric. Can it be performed with truncating that column?
Note:
i don't have any key column in that table

Thanks,
Shahnaz.

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Re: changing one datatype to another [message #227938 is a reply to message #227935] Fri, 30 March 2007 05:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
tahpush
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Registered: August 2006
Location: Stockholm/Sweden
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If you try to alter the column with data.
You will get
ORA-01439: column to be modified must be empty to change datatype

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Re: changing one datatype to another [message #227943 is a reply to message #227938] Fri, 30 March 2007 06:00 Go to previous message
martijn
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Registered: December 2006
Location: Netherlands
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As a workaround you can:
1) add an extra column with the data-type required
2) update the new column (use some conversion probably) with old column
3) drop the old column

Hope it helps Smile

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