Ron, What data type is 'a_session'? I have never worked with this lengthb() method, but if this is truly a LONG type, there is nothing you can do with it natively in SQL (i.e. get the length). You will need tto fetch it and then get the length. Also, the dbms_lob package does not work against LOBs (you might have guessed this already).
- Ron Reidy Lead DBA Array BioPharma, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Ron Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:44 PM To: List - DBI users Subject: Re: LongReadLen, lengthb() and Oracle On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:10:50 +0100, Peter J. Holzer wrote: Hi Peter > select dbms_lob.getlength(lob_column) as length from table ... to get > the size of a LOB. Thanx, but that didn't work either. Perhaps getlength() has the same restrictions as lengthb()? This is in SQL/Plus: SQL> select dbms_lob.getlength(a_session) as length from sessions; select dbms_lob.getlength(a_session) as length from sessions * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00997: illegal use of LONG datatype -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/12/2005 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system.
