Re: HELP PLEASE! (A real newbie)

Peter Giannopoulos <petergi_at_generation.net> wrote:

>I need to get SQLLOader to stuff lots of text into some field. I don't
>know what datatype to use. Varchar2 just can't handle the (varying)
>amouny of text.
>
>Can anyone help me?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
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If your text is less than 2000 characters in length, and doesn't contain quites ", then use the quotes " to delimit the text. This should solve the problem for you.

I hope this helps,

David
David Greensmith :-)
(david_at_green1.demon.co.uk) Received on Sat Aug 08 1998 - 22:47:15 CDT