Oracle-L: RE: last column in a table is added with a DEFAULT

From: Guang Mei <gmei_at_incyte.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:39 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005C9810.20030807112939@fatcity.com>

RE: last column in a table is added with a DEFAULTSee the test below:

YPD_OWNER_at_rex-SQL> create table t1 (c1 number);

Table created.

YPD_OWNER_at_rex-SQL> insert into t1 (c1) values (1);

1 row created.

YPD_OWNER_at_rex-SQL> insert into t1 (c1) values (2);

1 row created.

YPD_OWNER_at_rex-SQL> commit;

Commit complete.

YPD_OWNER_at_rex-SQL> select * from t1;

         1
         2

YPD_OWNER_at_rex-SQL> alter table t1 add (c2 number default 999);

Table altered.

YPD_OWNER_at_rex-SQL> select * from t1;

C1 C2
---------- ----------

         1        999
         2        999

  -----Original Message-----
  From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Ehresmann, David
  Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:09 PM   To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L   Subject: RE: last column in a table is added with a DEFAULT

  I understand that part. What the programmer is saying that you can not add the last column to a table with a default value. Does that sound reasonable?
  thanks, Raj.
  David.
-----Original Message-----

    From: Jamadagni, Rajendra [mailto:Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com]     Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:25 PM     To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L     Subject: RE: last column in a table is added with a DEFAULT

as soon as you add a column all depending code goes invalid, the dependency checking process doesn't discriminate about the default value.

Raj

Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !

-----Original Message-----

From: Ehresmann, David [mailto:David.Ehresmann_at_ps.net] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: last column in a table is added with a DEFAULT

Has anybody ever heard of this? I have a developer saying this is an oracle

bug. It caused some packages to go invalid.

"The error seems to be related to a bug in oracle caused when the last column in a table is added with a default."

David Ehresmann

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