Re: When will long datatype no longer be supported

John Shaw wrote:
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> We are looking at purchasing a third party software package that is still using longs. I am trying to make the case for forcing them to upgrade to lob's before we will purchase their software. Aside from the pain of having to deal with them - are they going to stop being supported soon? If so do you have any urls with details/dates?
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> Author: John Shaw

John,

  I have no special information but you can try this query :

select table_name
from dba_tab_columns
where owner = 'SYS'
  and data_type in ('LONG', 'LONG RAW');

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Stephane Faroult
Oriole Software
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