Oracle recommends others to use LOB instead of LONG. However they are lazy to change their own.


From: K Gopalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: LONG data type in 10g
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:24:39 -0800

SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.0.0 - Beta on Thu Oct 16 20:35:19 2003

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Connected to an idle instance.

SQL> startup;
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area  170990484 bytes
Fixed Size                   760724 bytes
Variable Size             121634816 bytes
Database Buffers           25165824 bytes
Redo Buffers               23429120 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> desc view$;
 Name                                      Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------- --------
----------------------------
 OBJ#                                      NOT NULL NUMBER
 AUDIT$                                    NOT NULL VARCHAR2(38)
 COLS                                      NOT NULL NUMBER
 INTCOLS                                   NOT NULL NUMBER
 PROPERTY                                  NOT NULL NUMBER
 FLAGS                                     NOT NULL NUMBER
 TEXTLENGTH                                         NUMBER
 TEXT                                               LONG

SQL> desc trigger$;
 Name                                      Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------- --------
----------------------------
 OBJ#                                      NOT NULL NUMBER
 TYPE#                                     NOT NULL NUMBER
 UPDATE$                                   NOT NULL NUMBER
 INSERT$                                   NOT NULL NUMBER
 DELETE$                                   NOT NULL NUMBER
 BASEOBJECT                                NOT NULL NUMBER
 REFOLDNAME                                         VARCHAR2(30)
 REFNEWNAME                                         VARCHAR2(30)
 DEFINITION                                         VARCHAR2(4000)
 WHENCLAUSE                                         VARCHAR2(4000)
 ACTION#                                            LONG
 ACTIONSIZE                                         NUMBER
 ENABLED                                            NUMBER
 PROPERTY                                  NOT NULL NUMBER
 SYS_EVTS                                           NUMBER
 NTTRIGCOL                                          NUMBER
 NTTRIGATT                                          NUMBER
 REFPRTNAME                                         VARCHAR2(30)
 ACTIONLINENO                                       NUMBER


--- Mladen Gogala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Much more menacing question: > Are the columns DBA_VIEWS.TEXT and DBA_TRIGGERS.TRIGGER_BODY still of > > the type long? > >


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