Tim Arnold wrote:
> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1071432079.676795_at_yasure...
>
>>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.
>>
>>--
>>Daniel Morgan
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>
>
> Why apologize for the sloth of Oracle?
>
Not apologizing. I just don't care. They can code the catalog anyway
they want. As long as it works I couldn't care less.
--
Daniel Morgan
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Received on Wed Dec 17 2003 - 03:01:51 CST
