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"Tin Ngoc Doan" <tndoan_at_abondigas.engr.ucdavis.edu> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Here is my situation. I've a multi-column table with data, and one of
> the columns is a NUMBER type. I need to convert it to VARCHAR2() type.
>
> What is the best way to do this?
>
> Unlike MySQL, Oracle does not handle all the copying in the background
> using the ALTER TABLE command.
>
> Appreciate your help,
> Tin
Received on Wed Nov 24 1999 - 04:59:17 CST
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