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ORA02253:constraintspecificationnot
allowedhere
saissaskedAug5,2011|Replies(5)

Hi,
I'mnotgettingsolutionforthebelowerror.pleasesuggestindetail,i.e.ifconstraint
keywordistoberemovedwhatexactlyshldthecodebeas.
SQL>createtableemp_column_level_cons(empnonumber(4)constraint
empcol_empno_pkprimarykey,
2enamevarchar2(15)unique,
3jobvarchar2(20)notnull,
4salnumber(7,2)check(salbetween1500and25000),
5deptnonumber(4)constraintempcol_deptno_fkforeignkeyre
ferencesdept(deptno)ondeletecascade)
deptnonumber(4)constraintempcol_deptno_fkforeignkeyreferencesdept(deptno)
o
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ORA02253:constraintspecificationnotallowedhere

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HelloSais
Unliketheprimarykeyyoucannotjustattachtheforeignkeyconstrainttothe
columndeclaration.Findbelowthecodethatshouldwork.Alternativelyyou
couldsendalltheconstraintbelowafterthewholedeclarationslikeinthe
secondone.
SQL>createtableemp_column_level_cons(empnonumber(4)constraint
empcol_empno_pkprimarykey,
2enamevarchar2(15)unique,
3jobvarchar2(20)notnull,
4salnumber(7,2)check(salbetween1500and25000),
5deptnonumber(4),
constraintempcol_deptno_fkforeignkey(deptno)re
ferencesdept(deptno)ondeletecascade)

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SQL>createtableemp_column_level_cons(empnonumber(4),
2enamevarchar2(15)unique,
3jobvarchar2(20)notnull,
4salnumber(7,2)check(salbetween1500and25000),
5deptnonumber(4),
constraintempcol_empno_pkprimarykey(empno),
constraintempcol_deptno_fkforeignkey(deptno)referencesdept(deptno)on
deletecascade)
BestRegards
____
NorbertFrancisOseiAsomani
P.O.BoxCE11021|TemaGhana
email@removed
Phone:+23322307172
Mobile:+233244814147

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NorbertAsomanirepliedAug5,2011

BestAnswer

HelloSais
Unliketheprimarykeyyoucannotjustattachtheforeignkeyconstrainttothecolumn
declaration.Findbelowthecodethatshouldwork.Alternativelyyoucouldsendall
theconstraintbelowafterthewholedeclarationslikeinthesecondone.
SQL>createtableemp_column_level_cons(empnonumber(4)constraint
empcol_empno_pkprimarykey,
2enamevarchar2(15)unique,
3jobvarchar2(20)notnull,
4salnumber(7,2)check(salbetween1500and25000),
5deptnonumber(4),
constraintempcol_deptno_fkforeignkey(deptno)re
ferencesdept(deptno)ondeletecascade)

SQL>createtableemp_column_level_cons(empnonumber(4),
2enamevarchar2(15)unique,
3jobvarchar2(20)notnull,
4salnumber(7,2)check(salbetween1500and25000),
5deptnonumber(4),
constraintempcol_empno_pkprimarykey(empno),
constraintempcol_deptno_fkforeignkey(deptno)referencesdept(deptno)ondelete
cascade)
BestRegards
____
NorbertFrancisOseiAsomani
P.O.BoxCE11021|TemaGhana
email@removed

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ganeshvelagarepliedAug5,2011

Hi,
Ithinkthatthefollowingcodeworksfine.
createtableemp_column_level_cons(empnonumber(4)constraint
empcol_empno_pkprimarykey,
enamevarchar2(15)unique,
jobvarchar2(20)notnull,
salnumber(7,2)check(salbetween1500and25000),
deptnonumber(4)constraintempcol_deptno_fkre
ferencesdept(deptno)ondeletecascade)

regards,
V.Ganesh.

rajareddyrepliedAug5,2011

Hitrylikethis

createtableemp_column_level_cons(empnonumber(4)constraint
empcol_empno_pkprimarykey,
enamevarchar2(15)unique,
jobvarchar2(20)notnull,
salnumber(7,2)check(salbetween1500and25000),
deptnonumber(4)
constraintempcol_deptno_fkreferencesdept(deptno)ondeletecascade)

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saissrepliedAug5,2011

Hi,
Thanksforyourvaluablesuggestion.
Regards,
saiss

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