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Statement "alter table APP modify APP_STATUS default NULL" sets default to
NULL. That is different from no default value. Thanks anyway!
Jenny
"fred" <anon_at_spain.es> wrote in message news:3C0BBD62.8F6C84AC_at_spain.es...
> Try:
> alter table APP modify APP_STATUS default NULL
>
> Anthony Hogan
> hogananthony_at_hotmail.com
>
> Jenny wrote:
> >
> > I have a column VARCHAR2(10) with default value set to 'W'. Now I need
to
> > set it not using default. I tried to delete the default value in DBA
Studio,
> > I got "missing expression" message. I also tried sql statement "alter
table
> > APP modify APP_STATUS default", I got same message "missing
expression".
> > (I'm using Oracle 8.1.5. running on NT machine.) Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Jenny
> > jennyw_at_housing.tamu.edu
Received on Mon Dec 03 2001 - 13:49:47 CST