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Re: add

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr_at_www.com>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 00:27:30 +1000
Message-ID: <3af2bc52$1@news.iprimus.com.au>

"las @online.no>" <laasunde<remove> wrote in message news:b_vI6.3846$Ty6.71298_at_news1.oke.nextra.no...
> Thanks for your reply, I did "alter table client add age(int); and got
> invalid datatype error. What gives.
>

What "gives" is a hell of a lot of leeway when it comes to people not knowing the basic (read: VERY basic) Oracle data types. Give you a hint: INT ain't one of 'em.

*PLEASE* read a manual. Any manual. I don't really care which one (so long as it isn't the one for DOS 6.2).

And then try "number".

Regards
HJR
> las
>
>
> "Pavel Khakhaev" <pvh65_at_mail.ru> skrev i melding
> news:EC0DB93033E9D411B47100A0C945C0793A6EB4_at_exchange.stinol.int...
> >
> > "las" <laasunde_at_online.no> wrote in message
> > news:GSsI6.3779$Ty6.70500_at_news1.oke.nextra.no...
> > > I've got a table called "client" with the following fields :
> > > name,address,city,country
> > > How can I add a field, say "age" to this table with out deleting and
> > > re-creating the table ?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > las
> > >
> > alter table CLIENT add AGE(datatype);
> > Pavel
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Fri May 04 2001 - 09:27:30 CDT

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