Re: Myth revisited ...

From: <ctcgag_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 18 Nov 2003 00:09:36 GMT
Message-ID: <20031117190936.052$Ug@newsreader.com>

"Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure that I necessarily think that in-line LOBS are *ever* a good
> idea. ISTM that in nearly all the cases where an inline LOB would be
> appropriate, then a Varchar field would probably be a better thing to do.

I have a column where 99% of the entries are less than 4K, but I wish it to work 100% of the time. An inline LOB seems to be a pretty good trade-off.

Xho

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