Re: changing a column type

From: Rui Cat <rui_catcuddler_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 11:48:30 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <1338576510.95640.YahooMailNeo_at_web164503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

As Mark and Tim showed not directly. Maybe looking at the dbms_redefinition package might help in this instance.  Rui

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 From: "Zelli, Brian" <Brian.Zelli_at_RoswellPark.org> To: oracle-l <oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 1:51:16 PM
Subject: changing a column type  

A colleague wants to change a column type from numeric to alpha-numeric.  Can he change it with data in it?

ciao,
Brian

Brian Zelli
Senior Database Administrator
Enterprise Applications/Systems Integration Roswell Park Cancer Institute
(716) 845-4460
brian.zelli_at_roswellpark.org

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