Note in-line. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html Optimising Oracle Seminar - schedule updated May 1st ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacques Kilchoer" <Jacques.Kilchoer@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 11:22 PM Subject: RE: ENABLE NOVALIDATE behaviour bug This is probably nit-picking, but what purpose does step 2 (add constraint disable) serve? >> Book-keeping - I didn't have anything subtle in >> mind, and you're probably right that it's redundant Wouldn't this be effectively the same? Or is there some subtlety that is going over my head? add column update the column where null in batches - committing add the default add constraint enable novalidate update any columns still null validate the constraint =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------