Rick,
One way of doing this is:
Add a new column to the table with a type of Varchar2.
Write a PL/SQL routine to convert the long to a varchar2. You can do this
simply by assigning the long data type to a varchar2 variable:
create table tomtest(col1 long, col2 varchar2(100));
1 declare
2 cursor c1 is select col1,col2 from tomtest;
3 l_vc varchar2(100);
4 begin
5 for c1_rec in c1 loop
6 l_vc := c1_rec.col1;
7 update tomtest
8 set col2 = l_vc;
9 end loop;
10* end;
Obviously, you need a better 'where clause' in your PL/SQL. :)
Another way is to create a new table, and migrate the data using PL/SQL like
above.
Hope this helps.
Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional
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Thanks for the reply but if that is all you have to offer please keep it to
yourself.
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By loosing a gig or two of information.
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> Hi All,
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> I know it has been discussed before but can anyone tell me
> how to convert a
> LONG datatype to VARCHAR2?
>
> Thanks
> Rick
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