RE: this doesn't look right

From: Jamadagni, Rajendra <Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 13:18:43 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005245CE.20021230131843@fatcity.com>

I think it is to accommodate sys.attrcol$.name column ...

In our 9202, it has references to Spatial objects ... Raj

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As part of the process of making sure that null/not null constraints are consistent across development/staging/production, I'm looking at the dba_cons_columns table.

Now, as far as I know, column_names are limited to 30 characters, correct? If so, why is the column_name column in dba_cons_columns (9.2.0.1) a varchar2(4000)? I realize that the "extra space" isn't used and is never allocated so it's not like this is wasteful.

But it's inconsistent with everything else, since dba_tab_columns has a column_name column of varchar2(30).

anyone know why this is like this?

Rachel

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