Re: What data type for around 7000 characters of Chinese text?

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 08:26:08 +0200
Message-ID: <969186676.6151.0.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>

"Shashank Tripathi" <shanx_at_removethis_shanx.com> wrote in message news:39c45e59.14689211_at_news.netvigator.com...
> Hi Ben
>
> Thats not too much, the LONG datatype can hold up to 2GB of data! YOu
> need to think about LOBs only when your requirements exceed 2GB..
>
> HTH,
> </Shanx>
>
>
> --
> As I said, I don't repeat myself.
>
> Shashank Tripathi
> http://shanx.com

Sorry to correct you: the LONG is retained for backwards compatibility only. It will be removed in a future release. He should go for a CLOB instead.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Sun Sep 17 2000 - 01:26:08 CDT