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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: "Long" Datatypes in Oracle 8
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:09:11 +0000, Steve Haynes <steve_at_rwx777.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <34708DF6.563173FE_at_visi.net>, "Matt M. Aulbaugh"
><lonewolf_at_visi.net> writes
>>Is it true that the "Long" Datatypes will be done away with in Oracle 8
>>and that VARCHAR2 would have to be used in it's place?
>>
>No.
>VARCHAR2 increases from 2000 to 4000 though.
>I believe there is support for several (16?) long columns in a
>table now.
>Steve
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>"The floggings will continue until morale improves."
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there is only 1 long / table in oracle8 however....
The datatype clob (infinitely more flexible then long, sort of a superset of long capabilities) can be used in a table more then once.
In oracle8, you can have upto 1,000 clob columns, each upto 4gig in size per table.
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Bethesda MD
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