Re: Is it prossible to store a text wich different texttypes(such as bold, cursief etc.) in one field in a Oracle database using a editor in forms?

You could also store it in RTF format, but that will take up a lot of space with formatting codes. At least you could search it as if it was text.

"Jane Williams" <jane_at_williams.nildram.co.uk> wrote in message news:3bb660b9.11749132_at_News.CIS.DFN.DE...
> On 28 Sep 2001 00:45:09 -0700, menno_at_colijn-it.nl (menno) wrote:
>
> >hello,
> >
> >my question:
> >
> >Is it prossible to store a text wich different texttypes(such as bold,
> >cursief etc.) in one field in a Oracle database using a editor in
> >forms?
> >
> >I want to use a field in my oracle database for storing peaces of
> >writen text in the same layout as by example word, so if someone makes
> >some text bold it must be stored as bold in my field.
>
> You could create an OLE object in Forms, and store a Word document in
> it.
>
> The appropriate underlying data type in the database depends on what
> version you're using: Long RAW was good in 7.3.4.
>
> But, of course, there are then limits on what you can do with the
> "text", since Oracle no longer recognises it as text. Forget SUBSTR,
> querying, and in fact almost any other sort of manipulation.
>
>
Received on Mon Oct 01 2001 - 15:49:36 CEST