Can 't you just drop order_log and rename order_log2? Or am I missing
something?
Steve
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From: "Chris Stephens " <ChrisStephens@(protected) >
To: <oracle-l@(protected) >
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:21:03 -0500
Subject: odd problem when changing a datatype on table
> Here 's what i did:
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> create table order_log2 as select cola, colb, to_number(colc) colc,...
> from order_log;
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> truncate table order_log
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> alter table order_log modify (colc number);
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> insert into order_log select * from order_log2;
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> ......and i get:
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> ERROR at line 1:
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> ORA-00932 (See ORA-00932.ora-code.com): inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got DATE
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> what gives?
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> it 's not even on the column who 's datatype i changed.
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