Re: CLOB to VARCHAR2

From: Philip Chee <philip_at_aleytys.pc.my>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 99 10:47:17 GMT
Message-ID: <943613237.4951snx@aleytys.pc.my>

In article <fheq3s4uurbngpa26h1hc0eou1q2b36867_at_4ax.com> tkyte_at_us.oracle.com writes:

>don't ask me why but the author of the dbms_lob package made SUBSTR be:

>substr( lob, FOR_BYTES, FROM_OFFSET )

>instead of

>substr( log, from, for )

>as in SQL.....

Shouldn't this have been caught in quality control before dbms_lob was released into the wild? I trust a clue by four has been applied?

Philip

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 þ 10249.30 þ Where quality is just a word we like to use. Received on Fri Nov 26 1999 - 04:47:17 CST