Re: "Replication" of LONG RAW

From: Lucyna Witkowska <ypwitkow_at_nospamcyf-kr.edu.pl>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 07:48:21 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <bb72c5$4ng$2@srv.cyf-kr.edu.pl>

Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote:
> I suspect this shortcoming is one of the reasons why Long was
> deprecated.

I think so.
And could not understand why Oracle abandon his own child ;-)

>SOme thoughts that might trigger a suitable direction ...
> You may need to consider either a custom C program (which is not that
> difficult to write & there are samples on OTN if you search) or some
> controlled EXP/IMP variant.

> I've also heard people copy the data from a Long to a LOB in the local
> database and use standard mechanisms to transport. The original copy is
> a pain & if you are truly trying to replicate rather than just move the
> data to another database for other purposes you will end up with the
> added pain of merging back from the LOB to the LONG.

Thank you for your answer. I find on OTN (to my surprise) a few Java examples.
Best regards,
Lucy Received on Fri May 30 2003 - 02:48:21 CDT