Re: LONG's

Mike,

You could look at the COPY command - provided you don't mind the table name changing or living in a different schema. I guess you could do a copy and then an alter table ... rename command.

The syntax for the copy command is along the lines of:

copy from user/pass_at_sid to user/pass_at_sid create <tablename> as <sql - ie: select * from blah>.

I believe "create" can also be changed to "insert", "append", etc. You might also want to check the LONG buffer size. Unfortunately I'm working off my memory though, so you might have to refer to the manual. I think it's under SQL*Plus - I have a feeling the command only works within SQL*Plus.

Regards,

     Mark.

                                                                                                                   
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OK, so you can't CTAS on tables with LONG or LONG RAW columns, and now I find out that the same restriction exists on Alter Table ... Move. So, is there any other option to move these tables from one tablespace to another without exp/imp or converting them to LOB?

Thanks,
Mike

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