Sankar, Use Varchar2 for storage of character data up to 4000 characters in length.
Never use LONG datatypes. Use CLOBS for characters data > 4000 bytes up to 4Gig in length. I'm not sure why anyone would use NCLOBS. Hope this helps Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:19 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, I would like to know which datatype is best to use for storing text data of around 50 lines.The data is basically a variable length user feedback.I am in confusion whether to go for VARCHAR2 or LONG type. Also in CLOB and NCLOB, can somebody clarify me about "CLOBS store single-byte character set data and NCLOBs store fixed-width and varying-width multibyte national chararcter set data(NCHAR data)". Which one is the best to use among VARCHAR2,LONG,CLOB,NCLOB for my requirement Thanks & Regards, Sankar -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: P.V.Sankar INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
