You can drag a long directly into a varchar2(32767) in
pl/sql. If the longs are larger than this, then you
need to use dbms_sql (or 3gl) to drag it out in
pieces.
hth
connor
- Alan Carbutt <arcarbut_at_adams.edu> wrote: > I'm
working with a program that accesses a table
> with a LONG datatype. The
> program was originally written to manipulate a
> VARCHAR2(60) with instr and
> substr functions. The language (SQR) allows me to
> dump the info into a variable
> and supposedly work with it, but it won't compile.
> Does anyone know of a work
> around to dice up a LONG?
> TIA,
> --
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