Hmm, sorry I can't offer any more insight on that one.....like I said, it
has been a while. :(
Hope you figure it all out....
JR
"Mike Fotiou" <mfotiou_at_magma.ca> wrote in message
news:gm5i6.119135$KP3.33204629_at_news3.rdc1.on.home.com...
> Yeah, I think you're right. I thought about that too (though retrieving
> large text fields from SQL Server is transparent, so I tried a simple
> assignment statement first).
>
> The results of the Getchunk were:
>
> With ClientSide cursor location: ActualSize = 0, so GetChunk always
failed.
> With ServerSide cursor location: ActualSize = [the total number of
> characters], GetChunk still brought back NULL (plus, we're using
client-side
> cursors exclusively, so that one wouldn't have been much of an option
> anyway).
>
> I know that the MS Oracle provider and the ODBC driver for Oracle do not
> support the CLOB datatype. Though no error is reported when using the
> Oracle provider with CLOB's, I wonder if they are not properly supported
in
> that product as well.
>
>
> Joseph Ranseth <webmaster_at_NOSPAM.worldcupfishing.com> wrote in message
> news:M4%h6.1990$gG6.32866_at_news1.mts.net...
> > It's been a while, but don't you have to use the getchunk method? I
could
be
> > way off, though. I haven't touched ASP for about a year....
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Ranseth - Webmaster
> > World Cup Fishing
> > http://www.worldcupfishing.com
> > "Mike Fotiou" <mfotiou_at_magma.ca> wrote in message
> > news:Du_h6.116456$KP3.32298280_at_news3.rdc1.on.home.com...
> > > Has anyone been able to retreive and display an oracle CLOB from a
version
8
> > > Oracle database using ADO and the Oracle OLEDB provider (not the
Microsoft
> > > provider)? When using a client or server side recordset, the select
query
> > > is processed without a problem, but when accessed, the field
containing
the
> > > CLOB is always a zero length string or NULL.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 13 2001 - 10:58:01 CST
