Re: Create Table..As Select: Number formats

Hi!

> I'm trying to create a table using 'Create Table...As Select...'
>
> The contents will then be exchanged into a partitioned table, so they need
> to have the same names and datatypes.

Actually they do not have to have same column names, only the datatypes and column order has to be the same (at least in 9.2).

>
> Some of the columns in the created table are populated with zeroes & will
> be updated after the partition exchange, one of the columns is populated
> with a decode that returns a single digit number.
>
> The problem is that I need particular number formats in these columns -
> the one-digit column should be a number(1,0) and the others should be
> number(12,4). I can't specify column types in create table...as select, so
> how else can I force the columns to a particular format?

I tried to use CAST function, it didn't give an error, but column remained just normal number, so it didn't help.

I suggest you to create the table structure first and then use insert APPEND to populate the table (you can also use nologging if you like).

Tanel.

>
>
> Any ideas much appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> Simon Anderson
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