RE: unable to insert into table with datatype raw

From: Christopher Spence <cspence_at_FuelSpot.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:13:49 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0038A491.20010911095527@fatcity.com>

Try hextoraw() not hex_to_raw()

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Christopher R. Spence
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Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

create table ff (dd raw(16));

SQL> insert into ff (select hex_to_raw('234') from dual); insert into ff (select hex_to_raw('234') from dual)

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01465: invalid hex number

SQL> select hex_to_raw('234') from dual;

HEX_TO_RAW('234')

Thanks
-Harvinder
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