Re: Dratted LONG column

From: Daniel Fink <Daniel.Fink_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:18:10 -0600
Message-id: <40DC2612.ACA2EAD0@sun.com>

Thomas,

I posted a solution to checking constraint conditions (also a long) for duplicates. The basic idea is to create a gtt with a clob, insert the long (using to_lob() function, then manipulate the resulting character 'string'. As long as you know that the data is character and only character, this should work. It's a cludge, but it does work.

Regards,
Daniel Fink

Thomas Day wrote:

> I have to do a select using the long column in the where clause.
>
> Of course that won't work.
>
> 7 million rows. Some of the long data is over 15,000 characters (people
> like to write novels).
>
> I've tried to use the ANYDATA data type but I can't COPY into ANYDATA and I
> can't SELECT (for insert) from a LONG. Any ideas (or being pointed in the
> right direction) would be greatly appreciated.
>

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