Re: Getting info about a LONG RAW in SQL*Plus

Timothy L. Dry wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Is there any way to either do a HEX dump or at least get
> the length of a LONG RAW column from within SQL*Plus. Any
> query I try against the column produces an ORA-00932 (inconsistent
> datatypes) error.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim

You don't say what version of the server you are using, but...

There is a package that allows you to manipulate the long raw type via PL/SQL (in 7.1.6)- can't rember what its called, but possibly in $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin I'll look it up tomorrow if I remember.

Nick.

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