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what is the difference between "generated always as" and "as" at the time of creating virtual column [message #637506]

Tue, 19 May 2015 05:01

jgjeetu
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create table temp
(n1 number,
n2 number)

what is difference between these two statements
that we use to create virtual column in oracle 11g
because i dint find any difference in output both are doing the same work.

statement 1:-

ALTER TABLE temp ADD
(n3 GENERATED ALWAYS AS (n1 * n2))

statement 2:-

ALTER TABLE temp ADD
(n3 AS (n1 * n2))

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Re: what is the difference between "generated always as" and "as" at the time of creating virtual column [message #637508 is a reply to message #637506]

Tue, 19 May 2015 05:20

vippysharma
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I think no such difference is there.
http://oracle-base.com/articles/11g/virtual-columns-11gr1.php

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Re: what is the difference between "generated always as" and "as" at the time of creating virtual column [message #637509 is a reply to message #637506]

Tue, 19 May 2015 05:32

Michel Cadot
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Just have a look at the syntax of a virtual column in the documentation and you will see.

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Re: what is the difference between "generated always as" and "as" at the time of creating virtual column [message #637511 is a reply to message #637506]

Tue, 19 May 2015 06:17

Lalit Kumar B
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From the documentation link that Michel provided:

Quote:

The keywords GENERATED ALWAYS are provided for syntactic clarity. They indicate that the column is not stored on disk, but is evaluated on demand.

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