On 12/29/06, xiaoyan <xiaoyezi.xyz@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there any way we can exclude all possible values to be assigned to a column in a table without knowing the type of the column ?
While I really don't see any point to this, something like the following should work... SQL> create table test ( 2 col1 number(4) not null, 3 col2 varchar2(10) constraint what_the_heck check (0=1) 4 ); Table created. SQL> insert into test values (1, 'test'); insert into test values (1, 'test') * ERROR at line 1: ORA-02290: check constraint (SYSTEM.WHAT_THE_HECK) violated SQL> insert into test values (1, NULL); insert into test values (1, NULL) * ERROR at line 1: ORA-02290: check constraint (SYSTEM.WHAT_THE_HECK) violated -- "I'm too sexy for my code." - Awk Sed Fred. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l