MAKE_COLUMN_GROUP Procedure

This procedure creates a new column group with one or more members. You must call this procedure from the master definition site.

See Also: Oracle9i Replication for more information about conflict resolution methods

Syntax

DBMS_REPCAT.MAKE_COLUMN_GROUP ( 
   sname                 IN   VARCHAR2,
   oname                 IN   VARCHAR2,
   column_group          IN   VARCHAR2,
   list_of_column_names  IN   VARCHAR2 | DBMS_REPCAT.VARCHAR2s);

Parameters

Table 48-98 MAKE_COLUMN_GROUP Procedure Parameters

Parameter	Description
sname	Schema in which the replicated table is located.
oname	Name of the replicated table for which you are creating a new column group. The table can be the storage table of a nested table.
column_group	Name that you want assigned to the column group that you are creating.
list_of_column_names	Names of the columns that you are grouping. This can either be a comma-separated list or a PL/SQL index-by table of column names. The PL/SQL index-by table must be of type DBMS_REPCAT.VARCHAR2. Use the single value '*' to create a column group that contains all of the columns in your table. You can specify column objects, but you cannot specify attributes of column objects. If the table is an object table, then you can specify SYS_NC_OID$ to add the object identifier column to the column group. This column tracks the object identifier of each row object. If the table is the storage table of a nested table, then you can specify NESTED_TABLE_ID to add the column that tracks the identifier for each row of the nested table.

Exceptions

Table 48-99 MAKE_COLUMN_GROUP Procedure Exceptions

Exception	Description
nonmasterdef	Invocation site is not the masterdef site.
duplicategroup	Specified column group already exists for the table.
missingobject	Specified table does not exist.
missingcolumn	Specified column does not exist in the designated table.
duplicatecolumn	Specified column is already a member of another column group.
notquiesced	Master group is not quiesced.