You should be able to increase a VARCHAR2 in size, even with data in the
columns. You cannot change the data type or reduce the size with data in the
column.
"Rayden" <durlecht_at_remove-this.msu.edu> wrote in message
news:abe2na$2gfn$1_at_msunews.cl.msu.edu...
> hey,
>
> i have a table with which i need to change one of the columns, however
> because i have data in the tables it will not let me do this (oracle
8i).the
> column change is to increase a varchar in size. how in the world do i do
> this? i tried to exp the data, however it does the table as well. i am a
> little lost here, so any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> tom
>
>
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 10:49:26 CDT
