Re: LONG RAW vs. RAW

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1071432079.676795_at_yasure...
> Tim Arnold wrote:
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> > "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net> wrote in
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> > news:56bBb.477262$Fm2.466475_at_attbi_s04...
> >
> >>"OraGeek" <drays_at_houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> >>news:0e4e55a05acaee62d4105fd547c3ef49_at_news.teranews.com...
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> >>>What is the difference is these two datatypes? Thx.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>You could rtfm about these datatypes. One is deprecated. Difference is
> >>about 2 billion bytes.
> >>Jim
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Yeah, so why does Oracle have a table in the 9.2 OEM repository
> > (smp_vdi_pos) with a column (DATA) of long raw? My guess is to hide the
> > contents of the column from all but the most persistent.
>
> Nope. Anyone with skills or experience can look. The reason is that this
> is the way is was done long ago and the code has all been written and
> optimized. They will change it when it becomes a prority ... and not
> until that time.
>
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Why apologize for the sloth of Oracle? Received on Mon Dec 15 2003 - 10:03:11 CST