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LONG DATA TYPE [message #362395]

Tue, 02 December 2008 03:30

cziera
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Hello guyz!
Good day!
Please help me out.
I have a table where one of the column has a data type of LONG.
I need to transfer the data of this column into a another column of the same table whereas the data type of the column to be inserted is a VARCHAR.

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this will be the layout for example
------------
id_no NUMBER
text LONG
text01 VARCHAR
text02 VARCHAR
text03 VARCHAR
text04 VARCHAR
text05 VARCHAR
-------

In this example, I need to transfer the data of 'text' column to 'text01 to text05' concatenated.

Can anyone help me out?
Thank you in advance!

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Re: LONG DATA TYPE [message #362397 is a reply to message #362395]

Tue, 02 December 2008 03:37

mamalik
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Unable to understand your question

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Re: LONG DATA TYPE [message #362399 is a reply to message #362395]

Tue, 02 December 2008 03:41

Michel Cadot
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1/ Don't post your title in UPPER case

2/ Please read OraFAQ Forum Guide, especially "How to format your post?" section.
Make sure that lines of code do not exceed 80 characters when you format.
Indent the code (See SQL Formatter) and align the columns in result.
Use the "Preview Message" button to verify.

3/ Always post your Oracle version (4 decimals).

4/ Don't use LONG, use CLOB

5/ Either create a new table with CLOB and use SUBSTR or use PL/SQL (if LONG is less that 32K) or any other language to split the LONG value

Regards
Michel

Regards
Michel

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Re: Long Data Type [message #362409 is a reply to message #362399]

Tue, 02 December 2008 03:54

cziera
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Hello, sorry for that

Can you help me or have sample code
as my reference how to transfer the data (from the column of LONG to column of VARCHAR)

Thanks...

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Re: Long data Type [message #362411 is a reply to message #362399]

Tue, 02 December 2008 03:56

cziera
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The version I'm using is Oracle 6.0
Thanks..

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Re: Long data Type [message #362418 is a reply to message #362411]

Tue, 02 December 2008 04:09

Michel Cadot
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6.0!
I think you can't do anything with that.
I bet you have not the PL/SQL option.
I bet you have no OS that you can use to develop an application for this version.

Regards
Michel

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Re: Long data Type [message #362445 is a reply to message #362411]

Tue, 02 December 2008 05:51

JRowbottom
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Do you mean you are using Oracle 6.0 as a database, or Oracle Forms 6.0 as a front end?

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Re: Long data Type [message #362493 is a reply to message #362411]

Tue, 02 December 2008 07:48

joy_division
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Was there even VARCHAR in Oracle 6.0?

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Re: Long data Type [message #362497 is a reply to message #362493]

Tue, 02 December 2008 08:18

Michel Cadot
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Yes there was, VARCHAR2 was introduced in 7.0.

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Michel

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Re: Long data Type [message #362533 is a reply to message #362497]

Tue, 02 December 2008 19:35

cziera
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Sorry,
Oracle 10g is the version

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Re: Long data Type [message #362567 is a reply to message #362533]

Wed, 03 December 2008 00:59

Michel Cadot
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Quote:

5/ Either create a new table with CLOB and use SUBSTR or use PL/SQL (if LONG is less that 32K) or any other language to split the LONG value

Regards
Michel

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Re: Long data Type [message #362578 is a reply to message #362567]

Wed, 03 December 2008 01:37

cziera
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Thanks...

[Updated on: Wed, 03 December 2008 01:52]

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Re: Long data Type [message #362581 is a reply to message #362578]

Wed, 03 December 2008 01:45

Michel Cadot
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I think my answer is quite clear.
You can do it in PL/SQL ONLY if data is less than 32K otherwise you have to do it in another language.

Regards
Michel

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