Re: object_type = 'UNDEFINED' ??

Jerry C wrote:
>
> Hi there.
>
> What the heck is an object_type of undefined? When I select * from
> dba_objects where status = 'INVALID' , I get a bunch of objects with an
> object_type of UNDEFINED.
>
> Thanks for any insight!
>
> - Jerry

UNDEFINED is how an Oracle 7 (client) SQL*Plus calls any type from an Oracle 8 (server) database it has never heard of, such as CLOB, BFILE, etc, etc.

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