Re: storing binary data

From: Chuck Coulson <ccoulson_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1992 18:45:50 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Jul6.184550.9499_at_oracle.us.oracle.com>


In article <1992Jul03.192601.13064_at_sdz01.uu.ch> obn_at_sdz01.uu.ch () writes:
>After carefully reading the manuals, I determined the best solution was to
>use the varraw data type. After about a week of experimentation, I got it to
>work as long as the buffer wasn't more than 255 bytes in length. Anything more
>and I got a 'string literal too long' error.

It sounds like you have used the RAW datatype. There is also a LONG RAW datatype which supports up to 64K in Oracle Version 6 and up to 2Gig in ORACLE7. Chuck Coulson
Sr. Technical Representative
Oracle Corporation


Received on Mon Jul 06 1992 - 20:45:50 CEST

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