Re: What's with the raw?

Thank you for the reply! :)

I can not change the RAW to LOB (as much as i want to)... the database interacts with a third party system, and changing the database will break the application.
I was trying to look into the RAW files because they store all the mappings frmo a Number ID to the description of the item... until i manage to read the raw all the reports i am able to generate will be a bunch of numbers...

is the dbms_raw the only way to manipulate this thing? actually, i was looking for a fast way (like a quickview) just to take a look at what's inside... just to see how things are structured....

Tarek

markp7832_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <383E550B.5EEDE4D2_at_hotmail.com>,
> Tarek <shufimafi_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> > a few days ago (maybe more), i posted a message asking for way to
> access
> > the information stored in a RAW type... if that question can not be
> > answered please inform me!
> >
> > Tarek
> >
> I do not remember reading your original post and since you did not re-
> post it I will suggest you look into the dbms_raw package. It provides
> several functions for working with raw data.
>
> If you are on version 8 you should switch to using LOB's instead of raw
> and see the dbms_lob package which provides I/O routines to read and
> write binary and character large object values.
>
> I hope this helps you.
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Received on Sat Nov 27 1999 - 00:47:16 CST