hi, I would like to verify the proper way of adding an attribute to an object type. From the 9i documentation, it appears that I can just add an attribute directly to an object from the 'create type' syntax but there were a number of notes on metalink that advise to drop all dependent objects and recreating the object type. The dependent tables are huge so I cannot afford the time to drop and recreate them. Can you verify what would be the proper procedure of adding an attribute to an object type? SQL> create type mytype as object (name varchar2(50)); 2 / Type created. SQL> create table mytab (x number, y mytype); Table created. SQL> create or replace type mytype as object (name varchar2(50), address varchar2(50)); 2 / create or replace type mytype as object (name varchar2(50), address varchar2(50)); * ERROR at line 1: ORA-02303: cannot drop or replace a type with type or table dependents SQL> alter type mytype add attribute (address varchar2(50)) cascade; Type altered. SQL> desc mytype Name Null? Type ------------------- -------- --------- NAME VARCHAR2(50) ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50) Also, what would be the query to list all the dependent objects? I was not able to find it in user_object_tables. SQL> select * from user_object_tables; no rows selected TIA Steve __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l