Re: alter table question

"Matthias Hoys" <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:434ff765$0$29099$ba620e4c_at_news.skynet.be...
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> "Oxnard" <shankeypNO_SPAM_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> db version 9.2.0.7
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>> If I do statements like:
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>> alter table add column ...
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>> alter table drop column ..
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>> alter table whatever to a constraint
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>> what is a good way to see how far the alter table .... has progressed?
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> v$session_longops maybe ?
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it does show the long operation but depending on the table there maybe more than one long operation done thus I still cannot really tell how long the alter table will take. Received on Wed Oct 26 2005 - 19:16:17 CDT