Re: truly odd problem

It is not only a Long datatype/context problem. I have a varchar2 column in the table and I can only insert upto 2000 characters in that field as well. Unless I am wrong oracle 8.0 and higher can have up too 4000 characters in varchar2 column. When I query this varchar2 field I do get the "right" rows selected in report. So atleast this part is working. Joet

<markp7832_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:7os3c1$ara$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <pJes3.3682$3X5.28573_at_insync>,
> "Joet Singh" <jsingh_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > I had been trying to deploy a internal web site using oracle 8.1 and
> > webdb2.0 and intermedia(context), for our client. One of the tables
> > contains a Long datatype (CLOB). When I would test this table and
> context
> > from SQL*PLUS by trying to insert, update and query the long datatype
> table
> > I had no problems. When I would try to do same using webdb I ran
> into
> > several problems:
> > 1) I could not insert more then 2000 characters in the long
> datatype, if I
> > try to insert over 2000 characters I would get:
> >
> > ORA-02005 implicit (-1) length not valid for this bind or define
> datatype
> > Cause: A negative length for the define variable was passed to a
> define
> > function.
> > Action: An explicit, non-negative, length parameter must be passed.
> >
> > 2) When I would query the long datatype via webdb it will spit out
> all rows
> > within the table regardless of the words used(does not matter if
> words are
> > in the field or not) for query.
> >
> > Now the odd part, since I was not getting anyplace with solving this
> problem
> > I set up oracle 8.0 and webdb2.0 on my personal computer, as almost
> all the
> > books I have are on oracle 8.0. I was hoping I maybe be able to go
> and
> > atleast read up on this problem. Now, I have established the same
> tables in
> > oracle 8.0 and have started up context and can get the results I want
> using
> > SQL*PLUS when I query, insert, update. But I am still having
> problems with
> > webdb but I am *getting different errors*. 3)When I go to insert
> data, I
> > still can not insert more then 2000 characters in the long datatype
> field,
> > if I try to insert more then 2000 characters I get following error
> now:
> > ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
> > ORA-06512: at "WEBDB.WWV_ARRAY_UTIL", line 134
> > ORA-06512: at "JSINGH.INSERT_RESUME_FORM", line 234
> > ORA-06512: at line 1
> >
> > 4) When I query this column via webdb, as before I am getting all
> rows
> > returned regardless of query words.
> >
> > Anybody have ideas what I should look at, the above errors
> descriptions are
> > not truly helpful when I went and looked them up? ANY and ALL help
> is truly
> > appreciated :-)
> >
> >
> From your post it would appear that the problem is in WEBDB. Try
> talking to the product vendor. Does WEDDB support LOB's. You could
> try replacing your long field with a lob if it does and see if this
> gets you around the problem.
>
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Received on Wed Aug 11 1999 - 13:28:41 CEST