hi, I would like to verify the proper way of adding an
attribute to an object type.
From the 9i documentation, it appears that I can just
add an attribute directly to an object from the
'create type' syntax but there were a number of notes
on metalink that advise to drop all dependent objects
and recreating the object type. The dependent tables
are huge so I cannot afford the time to drop and
recreate them.
Can you verify what would be the proper procedure of
adding an attribute to an object type?
SQL> create type mytype as object (name varchar2(50));
2 /
Type created.
SQL> create table mytab (x number, y mytype);
Table created.
SQL> create or replace type mytype as object (name
varchar2(50), address varchar2(50));
2 /
create or replace type mytype as object (name
varchar2(50), address varchar2(50));
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02303: cannot drop or replace a type with type or
table dependents
SQL> alter type mytype add attribute (address
varchar2(50)) cascade;
Type altered.
SQL> desc mytype
Name Null? Type
------------------- -------- ---------
NAME VARCHAR2(50)
ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50)
Also, what would be the query to list all the
dependent objects? I was not able to find it in
user_object_tables.
SQL> select * from user_object_tables;
no rows selected
TIA
Steve
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