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Re: LONG RAW AND # TABLESPACE

From: Tanel Põder <change_to_my_first_name_at_integrid.info>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 09:35:12 +0300
Message-ID: <408a0aa0$1_2@news.estpak.ee>


> You have encountered one of the many limitations of RAW. No way around it
> if you insist on staying with RAW.
>
> Oracle has clearly stated that the RAW should be avoided. This is one of
> the many reasons.

No, LONG datatypes should be avoided, but not plain RAW. RAW by itself is a usable and useful datatype in cases where you want to store small inline raw data, but don't want the overhead of BLOBs.

Tanel. Received on Sat Apr 24 2004 - 01:35:12 CDT

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