Re: How Do You Insert Long Raw Data?

In article <3107D13E.3A78_at_bearriver.com>,

   Allan Hoeltje <ahoeltje_at_bearriver.com> wrote:
>I posted this before but got no answer. Since I think it is a valid
>question and one which should be covered in an Oracle manual but isn't,
>I am re-posting it in the hope that MAYBE someone at Oracle will answer
>it.
>
>I am trying to store a large binary object in a column defined with the
>LONG RAW data type...

There is an Oracle Corporate Support Bulletin that covers this. It discusses using the VARRAW (type 15) external datatype to insert long raw data. Get with Oracle tech support and ask for the following bulletin:

	Bulletin:  99182.987
	Author:    RVASIRED
	Category:  PCC
	Headline:  RAW AND LONG RAW DATATYPES


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