ORDMS, Oracle8 vs Oracle8i

I am considering an ORDMS approach on a project I am working on, but I am confused about a few things. My initial design calls for, among other things, a main table with both a nested table and a VARRAY of a custom data type. Can you or can't you alter the structure of a data type after it has been instantiated in a VARRAY? How about methods? I read something that Oracle objects are quite static and it won't allow any modifications once they are in use, unlike tables in a pure relational model. We are running Oracle 8.0.4 SE. Also, given any constraints with the objects, is Oracle 8i any more flexible than 8.0.4?

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