SQL & PL/SQL :: Number Datatype Size Can't Decreased
Mar 22, 2010
In my table there is column with number datatype of size col1 number(15,3) and my data in column is like
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002
003
and i am changing its size to number(10,3) by alter table command but it not allowing. why?????? as my data in that column still satisfy the the changes.
and even when i modify the char column to varchar2 column by alter table command and changing the size of that column,it is not allowing me to change it why?
I want to decrease the size of testid column of number datatype in my "test" named table from size 20 to 15 and the data of maximum size is of 10 digits. but oracle throws an error "ORA-01440: column to be modified must be empty to decrease precision or scale". i cant understand why it is happening?
what is the reason behind it even though new size is maximum than the maximum size of existing data. but when i decrease the size of "varchar2" then oracle does not through any error.
The below table and functions are examples, but issue is like this.
i have one issue while forming below sql , Application will form this query at run time wih required inputs it is failing because the application will not support the clob datatype.
Table : T_E (similar to EMP table structure)
This table has data similar to emp but bulk data around 10k records.
Query formed
select empno,ename, get_employees(deptno) from t_e;
This sql query this is failing when function return varchar2 string more than 4000 size.Because in sql query size should not exceed 4000 for varchar2 data type , function return size can be upto 20000
Function which CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_employees (p_deptno in emp.deptno%TYPE) RETURN varchar2 IS l_text varchar2(32767) := NULL; BEGIN FOR cur_rec IN (SELECT ename FROM t_e WHERE deptno = p_deptno) LOOP l_text := l_text || ',' || cur_rec.ename; END LOOP; RETURN LTRIM(l_text, ','); END;
I can try this with clob but application doesn't support that..so i tried with using clob in above function , after that while returning to application i want to conver the clob to char and return the entire string
select empno,ename, to_char(substring(get_employees(deptno),1,4000)) -- first 4000 characters , to_char(substring(get_employees(deptno),4000,8000)) -- next 4000 characters from t_e;
But this is failing how to return the entire string in above sql
We have truncated number based on the decimal value. i tried to truncate number based on the precision using cast function. i got an error "value larger than specified precision allowed for this colum".
create table TEST_NUMBER (id number(4,1)); insert into TEST_NUMBER values(1234.789888888888);
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ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allowed for this column 01438. 00000 - "value larger than specified precision allowed for this column" *Cause: When inserting or updating records, a numeric value was entered that exceeded the precision defined for the column. *Action: Enter a value that complies with the numeric column's precision, or use the MODIFY option with the ALTER TABLE command to expand the precision.
I have a Number(18,0) datatype.It could have millions/billions stored in that field.How can I show that amount in the form of $7,123,787 ($ sign and commas)?
By using To_char function like below, I am not getting the desired format.
Select to_char(123000000.25, '$9,9999999999.00') FROM dual;
I am facing issue related to Number data while it is being converted to Varchar2, it is automatically getting rounded off after 32 decimal place.My database version is "Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production".
"First" string got rounded off to 97 (last 2 digits) instead of 9679 but for "Second" record it holds the actual value.Only thing which I could figure out while the number is getting type casted to String, it is getting rounded off to 32 decimal place.throw off some light on it and provide the solution how the original record can be kept intact without rounding off.
Database Version : DB : Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit ProductionOS : HP-UX nduhi18 B.11.31 U ia64 1022072414 unlimited-user licenseAPP : SAP - ERP I have to RANGE partition on UPDATED_ON or PROFILE either one table which is having below
structure : Name Null? Type -------------------- -------- -------------------------------- MANDT NOT NULL VARCHAR2(9) MR_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(60) PROFILE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(54) REGISTER_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30) INTERVAL_DATE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(24) AGGR_CONSUMPTION NOT NULL NUMBER(21,6) MDM_VERS_NO NOT NULL VARCHAR2(9) MDP_UPDATE_DATE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(24) MDP_UPDATE_TIME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(18) NMI_CONFIG NOT NULL VARCHAR2(120) NMI_CONFIG_FLAG NOT NULL VARCHAR2(3) MDM_DATA_STRM_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(6) NSRD NOT NULL VARCHAR2
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As per my knowledge, RANGE is better suited for DATE or NUMBER. and INTERVAL partition is possible on DATE or NUMBEr . Column PROFILEIts is of VARCHAR2 datatype. I know still I can partition as Oracle internally convert varchar2 to number while inserting data. But INTERVAL is not possible. How to RANGE partition on PROFILE ? Column CREATED_ON :It is of NUMBER with decimal
I would need to convert the column datatype from BLOB to CLOB. currently in the table, the BLOB column has the data. the requirement is to convert this column from BLOB to CLOB datatype.
How to convert from BLOB datatype to CLOB datatype ?
I created a table of Number(20,4) column. I inserted an amount value 999999999999999.5555 but this value is rounded off to 1000000000000000.0000 automatically in Oracle. How to avoid this? I tried for less number of digits and I am getting the exact value. Is there any way to get the exact value without changing the datatype?
I am using Anchored datatype wheere the table_name which lies in another schema and the current scheam has select insert update delete access on the the said table of the schema.
Example in current schema LL_TAR
I have defined a varaible in a script/procedure
V_TAG LL_TMR.TAG_DETAILS.TAG_VAL%type where TAG_VALUE column lies in a table TAG_DETAILS which lies in LL_TMR.
During compilation it gives me an error PLS-00904 saying insufficient privilege. This issue and still use anchored datatype.Or anchored datatype of tables which lie in different schema on the same database server is not allowed? Cause i had read that on some websites that it is allowed for a table which resides on a different schema on a database.
I am not sure but may be I need to set long size before running above query. But when I try to set long size gives below error. "The output from DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL is a LONG datatype. When using SQL*Plus, your output may be truncated by default. Issue the following SQL*Plus command before issuing the
DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL statement to ensure that your output is not truncated:"SQL> SET LONG 9999error: Unhandled SET statement: "SET LONG 9999"
Where '00001234' is the Invoice , '12222' is Netamount field and highlighted in red is the $ amount for that invoice.
The only data i need query to return 12222 (netamount)= $amount. I tried using substr select substr((TESTDATA),19,26)test from TABLEA; But this gives me the only the first row but not other amount which have different positions.
I am updating a table column which is xml datatype and am getting above error.Below is the process what i did. since the xml is too large i split them into small chunks.
INSERT INTO shiftsample (Empid, PPDate, Inpunch, outpunch)( SELECT Emp_ID, PDate, In_Punch, Out_Punch FROM ProcessDailyData WHERE PDate = to_char(2012-10-15,'yyyy-MM-dd') AND Emp_ID = '00000001' );
in this query pdate has timestamp datatype and in shift sample ppdate column has date type. so i am not able to insert value from process daily data table.
getting this error.
SQL Error: ORA-01481: invalid number format model 01481. 00000 - "invalid number format model" *Cause: The user is attempting to either convert a number to a string via TO_CHAR or a string to a number via TO_NUMBER and has supplied an invalid number format model parameter.
How to get max and min value from a varchar2 datatype column?
CREATE TABLE TEST ( WEIGHT VARCHAR2(20) ); INSERT INTO TEST VALUES('100'); INSERT INTO TEST VALUES('120'); INSERT INTO TEST VALUES('113'); INSERT INTO TEST VALUES('145'); INSERT INTO TEST VALUES('204'); INSERT INTO TEST VALUES('130');
I've to find the max and min weight from this data.
I have question related to LONG datatype. Actually from google and get to know that one table can have only one LONG datatype when i searched for reason . i got these resons:-
With 9i (I believe) and later versions, Oracle deprecates using the long datatype in favor of the lob (clob, nclob and blog) datatypes. It is only supported for backward compatibility.
Restriction:- It can not be used in create type as an attribute of the defined type.
It can not be used in where conditions.
There can be no indexes on long columns.
Regular Expression are not possible.
long can not be returned from a stored function.
SQL can not call functions that have an attribute of type long.
And even more restrictions.
So I want to know that is only reason because of that Oracle doesn't allow us to make two Column or is there any strong reason which make it more logical Like storing of data in Row blocks or some thing else.
