Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!bionet!ames!lll-lcc!unisoft!mtxinu!sybase!binky!tim From: tim@binky.sybase.com (Tim Wood) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: LONG data type in Oracle Keywords: LONG, data types, Oracle Message-ID: <6311@sybase.sybase.com> Date: 27 Sep 89 18:06:58 GMT References: <203@fjcp60.GOV> Sender: news@sybase.sybase.com Reply-To: tim@binky.UUCP (Tim Wood) Organization: Sybase, Inc. Lines: 20 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)? Sybase supports TEXT and IMAGE datatypes. These are almost identical in implementation, but different in concept. TEXT is for large documents represented by character bytes. IMAGE is raw binary data--bit-map screen dumps, digital audio, digital video, communication packet, etc. The maximum size of a single TEXT or IMAGE value is 2 ** 31 (2GB). -TW Sybase, Inc. / 6475 Christie Ave. / Emeryville, CA / 94608 415-596-3500 tim@sybase.com {pacbell,pyramid,sun,{uunet,ucbvax}!mtxinu}!sybase!tim Voluntary disclaimer: This message is solely my personal opinion. It is not a representation of Sybase, Inc. OK.