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error adding column [message #416823] Tue, 04 August 2009 08:35 Go to next message
goo321
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When I try to add a column to a table I get the following error message.

ALTER TABLE CDRMSC2.FT_CDR_I  ADD (operator  NUMBER)
Error at line 3
ORA-22856: cannot add columns to object tables


This partitioned table has only number and varchar2 columns.
Any ideas what is going on?

You can add a column on a compressed table in oracle 10 but not 9, I believe.



I have tried to pinpoint the exact condition that this happens to. But I have not been able to narrow it down yet. (Partitions, indexes, data in table, and so on. )
It would be difficult to create a new table and copy the data as some of the tables in production are half a terabyte. The only backup solution I have is making a new table, making a view combining new and old table, with the view name same as the old table.


Thanks.

Re: error adding column [message #416824 is a reply to message #416823] Tue, 04 August 2009 08:49 Go to previous message
vamsi kasina
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Registered: October 2003
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Have a look at this.
Just take the error code and Google it.

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[Updated on: Tue, 04 August 2009 08:55]

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