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Re: VARCHAR2 database column limitation

From: Sybrand Bakker <sybrandb_at_hccnet.nl>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:12:02 +0100
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On 26 Nov 2004 07:48:58 -0800, hband_at_csc.com (Hilary Band) wrote:

>What to do? Can't make the column any bigger. Don't know enough
>about CLOBs to know if the Forms functionality will still work if we
>go down that route. Perhaps a nested table to store 4000 character
>chunks?

CLOBs should do fine depending on your version of the database and forms. Who can tell whether you aren't using Forms 3.0?

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Fri Nov 26 2004 - 12:12:02 CST

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