Re: GUID Fields in Oracle

are RAW replicable? I know LONGRAW isn't but I'm not sure about RAW

"Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3B2EE1BD.4721F7AA_at_exesolutions.com...
> Jim Kennedy wrote:
>
> > Just store it in a varchar2 field.
> > Jim
> > "rbc" <astrobran_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:JIpX6.75349$r4.828733_at_e420r-atl3.usenetserver.com...
> > > In SQL Server, there is a GUID datatype that we use in our
 replication.
> > > However, we need to determine the feasibility of Oracle as a back end
 for
> > > some customers. In this case, we need to be able to store the GUIDs as
 we
> > > currently do and also allow those fields to be used in replication.
> > > Is this possible in Oracle and, if so, what datatype would be used
 since I
> > > haven't seen mention of a GUID datatype in Oracle.
> > >
> > > FYI, using Oracle 8i (8.1.7)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brandon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> GUIDs in Oracle are meant to be stored in a field of type RAW(16).
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 19 2001 - 11:40:40 CDT