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create view [message #374260] Sun, 03 June 2001 14:21 Go to next message
misheL
Messages: 3
Registered: June 2001
Junior Member
can i include in creating view data type and sizes and what is right syntax for that....following syntax seems not right..

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW1_VW
(NAME VARCHAR2(20),
ADDRESS VARCHAR2(40),
CITY VARCHAR2(20),
POST_DATE DATE NOT NULL)AS.....
Re: create view [message #374290 is a reply to message #374260] Mon, 04 June 2001 12:28 Go to previous message
Andrew again...
Messages: 270
Registered: July 2000
Senior Member
No you cant. The datatype, lengths and NULL/NOT NULL are all inherited from the underlying SQL query. You can use nvl() in the underlying SQL to ensure NOT NULL, substr to limit the size of a tring or to_char(), to_number(), to_date() etc to change datatype.
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