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Can't create a field of type ordsys.ordimage ?
I was trying to store images in Oracle database, so I create simple table :
create table pictures
(id number,
image ordsys.ordimage);
and i got this error for 'ordsys.ordimage':
ORA-00902: invalid datatype
I can see the ORDSYS schema in the database, so I presumed the object exists, what else I have to check ?
create table pictures
(id number,
image ordsys.ordimage);
and i got this error for 'ordsys.ordimage':
ORA-00902: invalid datatype
I can see the ORDSYS schema in the database, so I presumed the object exists, what else I have to check ?
How did you check?. Also did you check if you had proper privileges inorder to access the ordsys objects. May be you need to grant privileges to your current schema in order to reference these objects.
Normally in a "create table..." statement the data type for each column is explicitly specified, like this:
create table pictures
(id number,
image blob);
In PL\SQL it is possible to create variables that get their datatype from an existing table in the database, using syntax similar to what you tried (ordsys.ordimage%type), but I haven't ever seen that syntax used in a "create table..." statement.
It is possible to create tables that use user-defined data types instaed of the standard data types that Oracle supports. If "ordimage" is a datatype then it may be possible to use that in a "create table..." statement, but the type may need to be in the same schema as the table. If "ordimage" is just a column in a table, then no, you cannot create a table with that syntax.
create table pictures
(id number,
image blob);
In PL\SQL it is possible to create variables that get their datatype from an existing table in the database, using syntax similar to what you tried (ordsys.ordimage%type), but I haven't ever seen that syntax used in a "create table..." statement.
It is possible to create tables that use user-defined data types instaed of the standard data types that Oracle supports. If "ordimage" is a datatype then it may be possible to use that in a "create table..." statement, but the type may need to be in the same schema as the table. If "ordimage" is just a column in a table, then no, you cannot create a table with that syntax.
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Thank you, Datamonkey. I haven't used or seen Oracle Intermedia so I didn't recognize that datatype. Oracle is getting so broad these days that no one can be a master of all aspects of Oracle.