Stephane, It's easy if there is only one level of dependency... but what if (as they did in one of my systems) there are levels of dependency? It's sort of like trying to write (or rewrite) the ideptree view. Only you have to save off the scripts, in the proper order. Oh yes, don't forget views and stored programs which can become invalid.
It's NOT trivial. Rachel --- Stephane Faroult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rachel Carmichael wrote: > > > > Dennis, > > > > That's a good thought, and it works if you don't have grants, > > constraints or dependencies on the original table. > > > > If you drop table1, you lose them all > > > > Rachel > > > > --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Deepak, If there are many columns on these tables, your method > may be > > > best. > > > However, this will generate a lot of redo. You can usually > accomplish > > > this > > > with a CTAS nologging, which won't generate redo. If you really > don't > > > want > > > to change the location, you can: > > > create table temp as select * from table1 nologging > > > drop table table1 > > > create table table1 (column, column . . . ) as select * from > temp > > > nologging > > > drop table temp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dennis Williams > > > DBA, 40%OCP > > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 3:15 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > We have a need to change the datatype of several columns in a > table > > > from > > > number to varchar2. Most of the rows have data in these columns > hence > > > a > > > direct 'alter table ...' will not work. > > > > > > We plan to create a temp table, move the data from these colums > to > > > that > > > table, modify the column datatype from number to varchar2 and > then > > > update > > > the colums with the data that was moved to the temp table. > > > > > > Any suggestions/comments or a better way to do this ? Oh, and we > are > > > on > > > 8.1.7.1 > > > > > > thanx > > > deepak > > > > > Hmmm, generating the suitable script from USER_TAB_PRIVS, > USER_CONSTRAINTS, USER_IND_COLUMNS and USER_CONS_COLUMNS is not too > difficult ... at least if you are familiar with the dictionary. > > But why the second CTAS ? What about RENAME ? Seems faster to me ... > > -- > Regards, > > Stephane Faroult > Oriole Software > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Stephane Faroult > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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).
