THere is the TO_LOB function in 8.1.6+ ( I think), and
from 9 you can issue the conversion directly with
'alter table'
hth
connor
- Sridhar Moparthy <sridhar.moparthy_at_wcom.com>
wrote: > Hi,
>
> I have a table 'x' with one of the column as 'LONG'
> I would like to copy the data from the above table
> 'x' into a different
> table 'Y' with the same structure.
>
> When I tried "insert into x select * from y" I am
> getting
> "Illegal use of LONG data type".
>
> Could any one please help me to move the data?
>
>
> Thanks
> Sridhar.
>
>
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