Tim Arnold wrote:
> "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net> wrote in message
> news:56bBb.477262$Fm2.466475_at_attbi_s04...
>
>>"OraGeek" <drays_at_houston.rr.com> wrote in message
>>news:0e4e55a05acaee62d4105fd547c3ef49_at_news.teranews.com...
>>
>>>What is the difference is these two datatypes? Thx.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>You could rtfm about these datatypes. One is deprecated. Difference is
>>about 2 billion bytes.
>>Jim
>>
>>
>
>
> Yeah, so why does Oracle have a table in the 9.2 OEM repository
> (smp_vdi_pos) with a column (DATA) of long raw? My guess is to hide the
> contents of the column from all but the most persistent.
Nope. Anyone with skills or experience can look. The reason is that this
is the way is was done long ago and the code has all been written and
optimized. They will change it when it becomes a prority ... and not
until that time.
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Received on Sun Dec 14 2003 - 14:02:54 CST
