Can't modify column?

Hi,
I need to alter the data type of a date column to varchar2(6).
Here's the tabel I need to change.
SQL> desc foo
Name Null? Type
PK NUMBER
DOB DATE
I understand that I must NULL out the DOB column before I can do the ...
alter table foo modify (DOB varchar2(6));
... so I create another table like so ...
SQL> create table foo2 as select * from foo;
Table created.
... now I can do ...
SQL> update foo set DOB = NULL;
100 rows updated.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
... now I do ...
SQL> alter table foo modify ( dob varchar2(6));
alter table foo modify ( dob varchar2(6))
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column
Why do I get this error?
thanks

Depending too regarding the nls_date_format in your system, the result when you query the date will be higher o viceversa.
As you realized try with varchar2(8), if it fails try
to increase that number.
Joel P�rez

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