Re: Riddle me this Oracle riddle...

Bear in mind that you cannot declare a procedure like this:

    procedure blah(

        p in varchar2(200)
    );
it has to be:

    procedure blah(

        p in varchar2
    );

So even though a declaration like Rob's

    test.col_01%type
appears to tell Oracle that the parameter is limited to 200 bytes I believe there is no limit, other than the inherent limit of varchar2(), viz: 4,000.

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-----Original Message-----
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Date: 06 March 2002 13:49

|Initially is will be nothing unless test.col2 has a default value as
|varchar2 structures are data_length followrd by actual string. The
maximum
|that p_in_one can have is 200 bytes thought due to its anchored
definition.
|
|The answer, none initially as it will be initializes to NULl value,
then
|whatever you assign ti it plus 2 bytes to store the length of the
actual
|string, max size is 200+2 bytes (assuming standard characterset).
|
|This has no baring on max size of varchar2 because by definition of
|p_in-one, its max length is limited to 200.
|
|Raj
|______________________________________________________
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|Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of
ESPN Inc.
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