Re:adding columns to system tables

From: <dgoulet_at_vicr.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 09:22:58 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00307C67.20010518092046@fatcity.com>

Greg,

USER_TAB_COLUMNS is NOT a table but a complex view of several SYS tables. Consequently adding a column requires redefining the view (owner by sys to boot) and then if you ever have to re-run catalog.sql your change is gone. Not something I would do.

Dick Goulet

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Author: Greg Schraiber <GregSchraiber_at_Finestri.Com>
Date:       5/18/2001 8:25 AM

Does anyone know if it is 'safe' to add additional columns to user_tab_columns? I am running 8.1.5. I would use the new columns to tell the application software which columns on any one table are user editable by a dynamically generated dialog form.

Thanks,
Greg

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