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Re: Seeking Equivalent of InterBase Domain

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:23:40 -0800
Message-ID: <1169317416.667019@bubbleator.drizzle.com>


William Robertson wrote:
> MRCarver wrote:

>> Daniel,
>>
>> Thanks again for the attention !
>>
>> Can one further define the TYPE with a constraint?  Something like:
>>
>> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE Bool_DOM OBJECT (
>>     Bool_DOM VARCHAR2(1) with CONSTRAINT BoolChk ((Bool_DOM IN('Y', 'N"))
>> 	);

>
> I hadn't come across Interbase or its Domain feature before but it
> sounds like quite a nice idea. Oracle doesn't have anything like this.

This capability was built into Designer and likely still is there. I just don't know anyone currently utilizing the tool. The object was identified as a DOMAIN as stored the definition as metadata in the repository.

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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Sat Jan 20 2007 - 12:23:40 CST

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