Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h78AeoI14565 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 05:40:50 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.213 Received: from www2.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-213.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.213]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h78Aeop14560 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 05:40:50 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by www2.fatcity.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h788HIV01760 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 01:17:18 -0700 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005C9917; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 01:09:23 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 01:09:23 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "Pardee, Roy E" Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "Pardee, Roy E" Subject: RE: last column in a table is added with a DEFAULT Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 73; ListGuru (c) 1996-2003 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT It is impossible to add a NOT NULL column that *doesn't* have a DEFAULT to a table (unless the table is empty). The error you get is "ORA-01758: table must be empty to add mandatory (NOT NULL) column". But that's a logical problem, not a bug. Is there any chance the dev is confusing this problem with something else? Cheers, -Roy Roy Pardee Programmer/Analyst/DBA SWFPAC Lockheed Martin IT Extension 8487 -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L See the test below: YPD_OWNER@rex-SQL> create table t1 (c1 number); Table created. YPD_OWNER@rex-SQL> insert into t1 (c1) values (1); 1 row created. YPD_OWNER@rex-SQL> insert into t1 (c1) values (2); 1 row created. YPD_OWNER@rex-SQL> commit; Commit complete. YPD_OWNER@rex-SQL> select * from t1; C1 ---------- 1 2 YPD_OWNER@rex-SQL> alter table t1 add (c2 number default 999); Table altered. YPD_OWNER@rex-SQL> select * from t1; C1 C2 ---------- ---------- 1 999 2 999 -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I understand that part. What the programmer is saying that you can not add the last column to a table with a default value. Does that sound reasonable? thanks, Raj. David. -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L as soon as you add a column all depending code goes invalid, the dependency checking process doesn't discriminate about the default value. Raj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anybody ever heard of this? I have a developer saying this is an oracle bug. It caused some packages to go invalid. "The error seems to be related to a bug in oracle caused when the last column in a table is added with a default." David Ehresmann -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ehresmann, David INET: David.Ehresmann@ps.net Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Pardee, Roy E INET: roy.e.pardee@lmco.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).