Re: How to handle a long strings in a pl sql stored procedure,

From: Rauf Sarwar <rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 05:48:53 -0400
Message-ID: <3259489.1061286533_at_dbforums.com>


Originally posted by Abacnet

> Hi gurus,
 

>
 

> I have a # separated string that can be greater than 4000 chars in
 

> length. Here is an example : abababa#2121212#vbvbvbv
 

> I need to get each token in a loop, in a pl sql stored procedure. That
 

> means I need to pass the string as a parameter, in the stored
 

> procedure and to get abababa, 2121212 and vbvbvbv. I guess I cannot
 

> use Varchar2 since a Varchar2 cannot be greater than 4000 chars. I
 

> really a working sample for that.
 

>
 

> Thanks,

Read up on Oracle datatypes at http://tahiti.oracle.com.

  • You can store upto 32767 bytes of data in a PLSQL VARCHAR2 variable.
  • You can ONLY store upto 4000 bytes in a VARCHAR2 type database column.

Regards

/Rauf Sarwar

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