Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> How to insert when a table has an object type

How to insert when a table has an object type

From: Magnus S. Petersen <magnus_at_post.olivant.fo>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 20:56:28 +0100
Message-ID: <3aec682d$1@news.olivant.fo>

I am in the proces of redesigning some tables, as i have upgraded from personal oracle 7 to personal oracle 8i. I have constructet an object type Address_type, which is one of the columns in a table named DestTable.
The object type is created as follows:
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE pub.address_type
AS OBJECT
(Street1 varchar2(50),

Street2 varchar2(50),
ZipCode varchar2(10));

The table is created as follows:
CREATE TABLE pub.DestTable
(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,

 LastName varchar2(30),
 FirstName varchar2(25),
 Address pub.address_type);

Inserting a single row is ok as i use the following syntax: Insert into DestTable(1, 'Ellison', 'Lawrence', pub.address_type( '500 Oracle Parkway', 'Box 659510', '95045'));

When i try to insert values into the table by selecting from another table i cannot do it and cannot figure out what is wrong

I have used the following syntax:
Insert into DestTable

          (id, name, pub.address_type(Street1, Street2, ZipCode)) select id, lastname, firstname, street1, street2, ZipCode from SourceTable;

I have also tried the following syntax:
Insert into DestTable

          (id, name, pub.address_type(Address.Street1, Address.Street2, Address.ZipCode))
select id, lastname, firstname, street1, street2, ZipCode from SourceTable;

What is wrong here ? Received on Sun Apr 29 2001 - 14:56:28 CDT

Original text of this message

HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US