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Hello, Hugo --

I'm pretty sure that with Oracle you do have to specify a length for a
VARCHAR2 column.  CHAR has a default length of 1 if not specified, but
VARCHAR2 has no default ...

Not sure about Sybase, though -- haven't used it.

Regards,
Bill Graham

----- Original Message -----
From: Hugo Ferreira <hmf@inescporto.pt>
To: <instantDB@enhydra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: InstantDB: Newbie question


> William,
>
> Thanx, I have just found that out, uuff ! 8-[
> Is this standard ? I was converting a Sybase script
> and no length was indicated. If memory serves me write
> Oracle 7.x also did not need this either.
>
> TIA.
>
> Hugo.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Graham" <wwg@tscnet.com>
> To: <instantdb@enhydra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 4:44 PM
> Subject: Re: InstantDB: Newbie question
>
>
> > Hi, Hugo --
> >
> > You need to specify a column size for the varchar:
> >
> > ; descp varchar(50)
> >
> > or something like that ...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bill Graham
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Hugo Ferreira <hmf@inescporto.pt>
> > To: <instantdb@enhydra.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:28 AM
> > Subject: InstantDB: Newbie question
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to know if the following SQL statement is ok.
> > > I keep getting an erro: InstantDB.sql java.lang.NumberFormatException:
> > null
> > >
> > > e CREATE TABLE oes_order_status_code (    <--- runs ok
> > >   code    char(1)  primary key,
> > >   descp    varchar  );
> > > ;e CREATE TABLE oes_order_status_code ( <-- breaks
> > > ;  code    char(1)  not null  primary key,
> > > ;  descp    varchar  not null );
> > >
> > > TIA.
> > > Hugo Ferreira.
> > >
> > > ////////////// Exception ////////////////
> > >
> > > InstantDB.sql CREATE TABLE oes_order_status_code (  code    char(1)
> > primary
> > > key
> > > ,  descp    char  not null )
> > > InstantDB.sql java.lang.NumberFormatException: null
> > > InstantDB.sql java.lang.NumberFormatException: null
> > > java.sql.SQLException: null
> > >         at org.enhydra.instantdb.db.SQLProg.execute(SQLProg.java:276)
> > >         at
> > > org.enhydra.instantdb.jdbc.idbStatement.execute(idbStatement.java, Co
> > > mpiled Code)
> > >         at
> > > org.enhydra.instantdb.jdbc.idbStatement.executeUpdate(idbStatement.ja
> > > va:103)
> > >         at org.enhydra.instantdb.SampleThread.run(ScriptTool.java,
> > Compiled
> > > Code
> > > )
> > >         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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