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Message Posted: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 @ 16:39:27 GMT

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Hi,

When I try to execute the below alter table statement through sql assistant, I get the below error.

     Alter table DATABASE1.TABLE1
     ADD      COLUMN1 DECIMAL(13,0) NOT NULL COMPRESS 0.
     ;

     3559:  Column COLUMN1 is not NULL and it has no default value.

     Output directed to Answerset window

But the same statement works on a different database in the same data warehouse.

     Alter table DATABASE2.TABLE1
     ADD      COLUMN1 DECIMAL(13,0) NOT NULL COMPRESS 0.
     ;

Any idea why this happens? Is there something in the setting of database 1 which prevents it from taking the keyword compress? I overcame the error in database 1 by removing the word COMPRESS and replacing it with the word DEFAULT, but I am not able to understand why the statement works in one database and not in another.

Regards,

Ramaswamy

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