Re: Large amounts of text in tables

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 16:00:06 +0100
Message-ID: <931359936.13062.0.nnrp-09.9e984b29@news.demon.co.uk>

In Oracle 8 you should be using LOB types, not longs. The limitation of one per row is removed, and the facilities for handling them are quite reasonable.

Jonathan Lewis
Yet another Oracle-related web site: www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk

pontiphex_at_my-deja.com wrote in message <7lvpb7$eh4$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>I need to store large amounts of text in several columns of a table.
>Oracle8 has a limitation of only one 'LONG' per table. Whats the
>preffered method for storing large amounts of text in several columns of
>a table. Thanks.
Received on Wed Jul 07 1999 - 10:00:06 CDT