Re: Timestamp of a record

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:14:03 -0800
Message-ID: <1071177149.484884@yasure>

Jeff Smith wrote:

> ALTER TABLE <table_name>
>

>>ADD <column_name> TIMESTAMP DEFAULT SYSTIMESTAMP;

>
>
>
> Is this something new? ... I am using 8.1.7
>
> SQL> ALTER TABLE eraseme ADD (newcol1 TIMESTAMP DEFAULT SYSTIMESTAMP);
> ALTER TABLE eraseme ADD (newcol1 TIMESTAMP DEFAULT SYSTIMESTAMP)
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-00984: column not allowed here
>
> I use:
> alter table eraseme add( newcol date default sysdate)
> Table altered.

Welome to 9i. I'd suggest you get yourself a copy, even if at home to catch up. With 10g the changes will be very profound: 9i will get you part of the way there.

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