Am I missing something? this works for me:

create table testlong (c1 number,c2 long raw);

insert into testlong values (10,'0123456789abcdef');

declare
 m_c1 number;
 m_c2 varchar2(2000);
begin
 select * into m_c1,m_c2 from testlong;
 dbms_output.put_line(m_c2);
end;

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Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 3:48 PM
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Dear List,

 This is what I'm trying to do in a stored procedure.
1) Read a long raw column from a table into a varchar2 variable. (Let's
 assume that each value contains a not-too-long text value.)
 2) Parse it to create a bunch of insert statements and execute them.

 Step 2 is something I understand how to do.  But, I've no clue how to do
 step 1.  I've spent a few hours trying to figure out the tools I need for
 this.  All my research turns up information on how to convert long raw to
 blob/clob etc. and the advantages of blob/clob over long raw and so on.
My impression is that dealing with long raw is considered so basic that
people  don't even mention it :-)

 I'd appreciate any pointers.

 Thanks for your time,
- Rao
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