Re: LONG or VARCHAR2(2000)

From: <Lisa_Koivu_at_gelco.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:11:05 -0500
Message-Id: <10493.105328@fatcity.com>

DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT USE LONGS! They are so limited and cause so many problems. We have 10-some db's here with long fields and they are a pain in the a$$.

Eric Fang <eric_fang_at_yahoo.com> on 05/09/2000 10:54:12 PM

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Subject: LONG or VARCHAR2(2000)

we decide to use a field to store the URL in the database, it could be very long but most of them less that 2k characters. But some developers prefer to use VARCHAR2(2000). What's the advantage of using LONG v.s VARCHAR2(2000) or VARCHAR@(2000) v.s LONG?

Any opinion?
Thanks.

Eric Fang

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