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ORA-01440: column to be modified must be empty to decrease precision or sca

609621Aug 5 2009 — edited Aug 5 2009
Dear all,


when altering a column of a table am getting the below error :


ORA-01440: column to be modified must be empty to decrease precision or scale


current value :

USED_PARAD NUMBER(15,3)


intended value :


USED_PARAD NUMBER(15,5))


am not decreasing the precision but am increasing..


what should I have to do ..drop the table and recreate it.. and insert the values ?





Kai
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