""dorinpacurar"" <ged@...> wrote in message
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> Hi !
>
> What is the meaning of DEPENDENT TYPE 3 ?
> I tried to increase the size of a varchar field but I get the message
> ".. Column MyCol from table MyTbl is referenced in RDB$124 "
> I found that MyTbl has a DEPENDENT TYPE = 3 on RDB$124.
> But what's RDB$124 ?
> I can't find this reference.
> Dorin

Dependent_name won't stop you.
What's stop you is depended_on_name. If your object appears in this column,
the other columns tells you what's the name of the object that needs this
one. Hence, you should modify or drop the other object first.
Type 3 is a computed field, documented in rdb$types.

C.
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