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Hi Michael,
thanks for your suggestions.
> What character set do you use in your database? Oracle also supports
> multibyte character sets. In this case your presumption could be wrong.
the database is set up with WE8MSWIN1252. i have confirmed with Oracle Tech Suport that this is a single byte character set
so am i still right in presuming that each characted is only worth 1 byte?
> Did you try to use the dataype LOB instead of LONG? Does the problem
> persist in this case?
it has been the weekend in Australia so i will try this one this week.
kendest regards
Edwinah63 Received on Sun Jun 20 2004 - 18:45:04 CDT