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In comp.databases.oracle.server, Brian Peasland wrote:
> If the data is binary, then use BLOB. Why convert binary data to a
> string just to store it in a CLOB?
The main problem is that character set conversion, to which CLOBs are subject, will corrupt the binary data.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
Received on Fri Oct 27 2006 - 02:34:50 CDT