Re: BLOB vs LONG RAW (neophyte question)
From: Jim Kennedy <kennedy-family_at_home.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 19:32:24 GMT
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 19:32:24 GMT
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Long raw is basically deprecated and BLOB is the way to go. You can do more with Blobs (random access instead of sequential). Jim
"Barnet Wagman" <wagman_at_enteract.com> wrote in message
news:3B127823.CF38A1B3_at_enteract.com...
> Other than their maximum sizes, is there any difference between the BLOB
> and LONG RAW data types? I'm going to be storing a serialized java
> objects and need to choose a data type. The 2 GB limitation on LONG RAW
> is not consideration for me, and I do not need LOBs' support for
> external files. Also, are either of these data types part of the ansi
> standard?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barnet Wagman
>
Received on Mon May 28 2001 - 21:32:24 CEST