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Re: Sqlplus Alter question

From: Hervé Patin <herve.patin_at_bull.net>
Date: 1998/03/02
Message-ID: <6decg7$2gce@soprox-in.bull.fr>#1/1

L'objet sur lequel tu travaille est peut- etre une vue? il faut vérifier dans le dictionnaire (vue dba_segments) quel est le type d'objet.
Si c'est une vue, il faut trouver le nom de la table pour pouvoir la modifier.

BYE Martin Meadows a écrit dans le message <34F9F42B.63F8_at_indy.net>...
>Hi.
>
>I'm working in a database that has a table called
>payroll_transaction_master. When I use
>sql> describe payroll_transaction_master
>I get a nice listing of that table.
>
>When I attempt the following
>SQL> alter table payroll_transaction_master add job_function integer;
>I get
>
>alter table payroll_transaction_master add job_function integer
>*
>ERROR at line 1:
>ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
>
>Have I entered the command incorrectly? Hope this isn't too trivial. I'm
>an Oracle newbie.
>
>Thanks,
>Martin Meadows
Received on Mon Mar 02 1998 - 00:00:00 CST

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