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Re: Long columns obsolete

From: Mark C. Stock <mcstockX_at_Xenquery>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:12:16 -0500
Message-ID: <edednVmlq8kx8E6iRVn-jw@comcast.com>


Hey, Burt ... no offense intended! Just supplying chapter and verse for a simple clarification.

"Burt Peltier" <burttemp1ReMoVeThIs_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:MqJAb.18941$mG.3463_at_bignews5.bellsouth.net...
| If you read the entire post, you would see that no one was saying 32768
(or
| 32787) was the maximum.
|
| --
| "Mark C. Stock" <mcstockX_at_Xenquery .com> wrote in message
| news:-N6dnUAknNe0oE6iRVn-hA_at_comcast.com...
| >
| > | Where does your 32787 come from - typo, I presume?
| > |
| >
| > Apparently a typo, but not 32768 either...
| >
| > PL/SQL User's Guide, Fundamentals chapter:
| >
| > You use the VARCHAR2 datatype to store variable-length character data.
How
| > the
| > data is represented internally depends on the database character set.
The
| > VARCHAR2
| > datatype takes a required parameter that specifies a maximum size up to
| > 32767
| > bytes.
| >
| > -- mcs
| >
| >
|
|
Received on Sun Dec 07 2003 - 12:12:16 CST

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