| Constraint Error [message #2750] | 
			Sun, 11 August 2002 20:41   | 
		 
		
			
				
				
				
					
						
						Diana
						 Messages: 17 Registered: February 1999 
						
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		Hello, 
 
I have accidentally specified a constraint when I shouldn't have.  It goes as follows: 
  
ALTER TABLE STUDENT ADD PERMPHONE VARCHAR2(10) CONSTRAINT STUDENT_PERMPHONE_NN NOT NULL; 
 
How do I disable this constraint? 
 
I tried ALTER TABLE STUDENT MODIFY PERMPHONE VARCHAR2(10); and I checked the table USER_CONSTRAINTS but I'm not certain it's done the trick. 
 
Thanks, 
Diana
		
		
		
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			| Re: Constraint Error [message #2755 is a reply to message #2750] | 
			Mon, 12 August 2002 02:26    | 
		 
		
			
				
				
				
					
						
						pk
						 Messages: 12 Registered: September 2000 
						
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		Try this .... 
SQL> alter table student  
  2  drop constraint STUDENT_PERMPHONE_NN; 
 
Table altered. 
 
SQL> desc student; 
 Name                                      Null?    Type 
 ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------- 
 NAME                                               VARCHAR2(10) 
 PERMPHONE                                          VARCHAR2(10) 
 
SQL> ED  
Wrote file afiedt.buf 
 
  1* select CONSTRAINT_name from user_constraints where table_name='STUDENT' 
SQL> / 
 
no rows selected
		
		
		
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