NOCOMPRESS

Question

I am trying to execute a the following:
CREATE TABLE test (initial_id int not null) TABLESPACE "GLIA" NOCOMPRESS
But I get the following error:
CREATE TABLE test (initial_id int not null) TABLESPACE "GLIA" NOCOMPRESS
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00922: missing or invalid option
I've tried reordering the options, omitting the TABLESPACE and changing the table name and field name(s) but I always get the error on the NOCOMPRESS option.
I'm running Version 9.0.1.1.1
Any ideas?

Answer 1

I think you have mixed two clauses from different versions here.
in 9i release 1, you have a compression_clause that enables / disables key compression for index-organized tables. Nocompress disables key compression and is the default. This clause is (of course) only valid for indexed organized tables.
in 9i release 2, you have a data_segment_compression clause, which indicates if the data segments should be compressed or not, to reduce disk use. Nocompress disables data segment compression and is the default. This clause is valid
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[*] For an entire table heap-organized table (in the physical_properties clause of relational_table or object_table)
[*] For a range partition (in the table_partition_description of the range_partitioning clause)
[*] For a list partition (in the table_partition_description of the list_partitioning clause)
[*] For the storage table of a nested table (in the nested_table_col_properties clause)
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