"Jan Gelbrich" <j_gelbrich@westfalen-blatt.de> wrote in message news:<c7cnoo$28otu$1@ID-93924.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> BTW, how about Oracles´ own tables containing LONGs ?
> In 8i (8.1.7.3 - yaya, old version, but still in service widely), I find a
> lot of them:
>
> SQL> select table_name from dba_tab_columns where data_type = 'LONG';
> 193 Zeilen ausgewählt.
>
> That is quiet a lot, isn´t it ?
> Has it all changed or gone with 9i / 10g ?

Nope, Oracle 9.2.0.5 - 216 and Oracle 10G - 210. However, it seems to
me like LONG are no longer heading for disposal in Oracle databases.
Maybe they will have a second chance.

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Dusan Bolek