Re: And again: 1NF may not be dead

From: Tony Andrews <andrewst_at_onetel.com>
Date: 27 Oct 2004 12:18:58 -0700
Message-ID: <1098904738.094234.178870_at_c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>


Kenneth Downs wrote:
> On line 4, why did you have to cast(name_tab as name_tab_type),
didn't you
> declare it as such? I guess I'm wondering why you couldn't just do:
>
> INSERT INTO t SELECT * from name_tab;
>
> or even just
>
> SELECT * FROM name_tab

I don't know - I always wonder that too! It seems superfluous, doesn't it? Received on Wed Oct 27 2004 - 21:18:58 CEST

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