Re: 9i R2 database vs. 9i R2 Forms Developer PL/SQL compatibility

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 17:02:58 GMT, "Maximus" <asdfasdasd_at_eqeqweqwe.com>
> wrote:
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> >it compiles and works as documented. However, in Forms Developer I get a
> >compile error "no function 'VARCHAR2' exists in this scope."
>
> The type definition doesn't make sense. Why you would index a table by
> a varchar2?
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
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For functionality purposes, but also for sparse data it can actually be faster to do so than a numeric index.

hth
connor

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