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Re: how to delete a date field on oracle?

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:28:58 +0100
Message-ID: <3d2d4fda$0$8513$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>


You can update a field to null using the sql UPDATE command. The only circumstance under which this will fail is if the field is defined as NOT NULL in which case you should get a fairly informativbe error message to this effect.

HTH

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Niall Litchfield
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"Oliver Brausch" <ob112_at_web.de> wrote in message
news:cd11d95c.0207110110.910abf6_at_posting.google.com...

> Hello all,
> I entered a date to an oracle table and then I want to delete
> it again. (the content, means reset the date to "NULL").
> Is this possible and how?
>
> I was told that this would not be possible and I cannot
> believe it.
>
> Thanks for you help,
> Oliver
Received on Thu Jul 11 2002 - 04:28:58 CDT

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