Re: Oracle bug?

From: Michael Nolan <nolan_at_helios.unl.edu>
Date: 20 Jul 1994 01:32:11 GMT
Message-ID: <30huqr$gk6_at_crcnis1.unl.edu>


lanclosd_at_bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Dwayne K. Lanclos) writes:

: PASS/FAIL VARCHAR2(1) NOT NULL,
: *
:ERROR at line 17:
:ORA-00902: invalid datatype
:
:"Invalid datatype"? Is this a bug in Oracle 7.0?

Most likely the parser interpreted the '/' as the next token, which would be the datatype, and of course '/' is not a valid datatype. It may not be the most accurate error message, but it gets the point across.

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Michael Nolan, Sysop for the DBMS RoundTable on GEnie
nolan_at_notes.tssi.com, dbms_at_genie.geis.com
(posted from nolan_at_helios.unl.edu)
Received on Wed Jul 20 1994 - 03:32:11 CEST

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