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Hi,
In SQL*Plus "set long 250"
Jack
"Mark Liggayu" <markliggayu_at_allweatherwi To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> ndows.com> cc: (bcc: Jack van Zanen/nlzanen1/External/MEY/NL) Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com Subject: GETTING FIRST 250 CHARACTERS FROM A LONG DATATYPE 04-07-2001 22:56 Please respond to ORACLE-L
HI GURUS,
If I have a table that has a field with long data type and I want to get
the
first 250 characters out of it how can I do it. I tried using SUBSTR(long
data type field, 1, 250) but it complained about "ORA-00932: inconsistent
datatypes". I then tried TO_CHAR(SUBSTR(long data type field, 1, 250))
but
still gave me the same result. Tried TO_VARCHAR2 but to no avail.
Thanks,
Mark
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