Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!sun-barr!lll-winken!lll-lcc!unisoft!mtxinu!sybase!sisyphus!dg From: dg@sisyphus.sybase.com (David Gould) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: LONG data type in Oracle Keywords: LONG, data types, Oracle, Sybase Message-ID: <6309@sybase.sybase.com> Date: 27 Sep 89 17:50:05 GMT References: <203@fjcp60.GOV> Sender: news@sybase.sybase.com Reply-To: dg@sisyphus.sybase.com (David Gould) Organization: Sybase, Inc. Lines: 21 In article <203@fjcp60.GOV> brinkema@fjcnet.GOV (John R. Brinkema) writes: >Oracle has two data types LONG and LONG RAW, which are designed to hold very >long byte strings (up to 64K; interpreted and uninterpreted, respectively). > >These data types are not in standard SQL. Are they (or the equivalent to store >clots of strange bytes) available in any other relational/SQL database systems >(eg. Sybase, Ingres, etc)? > >Long byte strings are *very* useful for misc. text and wierd things (relative >to SQL anyway) like binary picture. > tia. jb. In the current shipping release of Sybase (4.0) we support TEXT and IMAGE datatypes, which are character and arbitrary binary columns of up to two gigabytes in size. They are intended for documents or pictures (eg. X-ray images) and such. - dg ------ All opinions are mine and may or may not represent Sybase Inc. ------ David Gould dg@sybase.com {sun,lll-tis,pyramid,pacbell}!sybase!dg (415) 596-3414 6475 Christie Ave. Emeryville, CA 94608