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Re: LONG RAW AND # TABLESPACE

From: Tanel Põder <change_to_my_first_name_at_integrid.info>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 09:35:12 +0300
Message-ID: <408a0aa0$1_2@news.estpak.ee> 





> You have encountered one of the many limitations of RAW.  No way around it

> if you insist on staying with RAW.

>

> Oracle has clearly stated that the RAW should be avoided.  This is one of

> the many reasons.




No, LONG datatypes should be avoided, but not plain RAW.
RAW by itself is a usable and useful datatype in cases where you want to
store small inline raw data, but don't want the overhead of BLOBs.



Tanel.
Received on Sat Apr 24 2004 - 01:35:12 CDT












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