Re: CHAIN_CNT > 0. Why?

Syltrem wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thanks for the info about numbers. I'll remember this.
> As for CHAR there is nothing I can do about them now, the software vendors
> simply does not support VARCHAR...
> I hope they will support them in an upcoming release but they recently
> announced it's not on top of their list...
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>
> <snipped>

The software vendor's statement it illogical. How could they possibly tell the difference even if they wanted to?

They certainly aren't querying dba_tab_columns for data type. I'd test before taking their word on this.

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