Can anydata be converted to RAW?

Question

I am looking for a possible workaround for the current limitation in accessing anydata via db link.
This particular anydata cannot exceed size of 32K. If I could somehow cast it to RAW, get it via remote plsql procedure and than cast it back to ANYDATA... (similar to what could be done with XMLTYPE) then I would have a solution...
Edited by: wds12518 on Feb 10, 2009 8:06 PM

Answer 1

Well it works in XE, note that I have table 'emps' which is an object table with similar structure to 'emp'.
Question is, would you need to cast it back to something, and if so, what?
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> SELECT xmltype (anydata.convertobject (object_value))
  2  FROM   emps;
XMLTYPE(ANYDATA.CONVERTOBJECT(OBJECT_VALUE))
<EMP><EMPNO>7369</EMPNO><ENAME>SMITH</ENAME><JOB>CLERK</JOB><MGR>7902</MGR><HIRE
<EMP><EMPNO>7499</EMPNO><ENAME>ALLEN</ENAME><JOB>SALESMAN</JOB><MGR>7698</MGR><H
<EMP><EMPNO>7521</EMPNO><ENAME>WARD</ENAME><JOB>SALESMAN</JOB><MGR>7698</MGR><HI
<EMP><EMPNO>7566</EMPNO><ENAME>JONES</ENAME><JOB>MANAGER</JOB><MGR>7839</MGR><HI
<EMP><EMPNO>7654</EMPNO><ENAME>MARTIN</ENAME><JOB>SALESMAN</JOB><MGR>7698</MGR><
<EMP><EMPNO>7698</EMPNO><ENAME>BLAKE</ENAME><JOB>MANAGER</JOB><MGR>7839</MGR><HI
<EMP><EMPNO>7782</EMPNO><ENAME>CLARK</ENAME><JOB>MANAGER</JOB><MGR>7839</MGR><HI
<EMP><EMPNO>7788</EMPNO><ENAME>SCOTT</ENAME><JOB>ANALYST</JOB><MGR>7566</MGR><HI
<EMP><EMPNO>7839</EMPNO><ENAME>KING</ENAME><JOB>PRESIDENT</JOB><HIREDATE>17-NOV-
<EMP><EMPNO>7844</EMPNO><ENAME>TURNER</ENAME><JOB>SALESMAN</JOB><MGR>7698</MGR><
<EMP><EMPNO>7876</EMPNO><ENAME>ADAMS</ENAME><JOB>CLERK</JOB><MGR>7788</MGR><HIRE
<EMP><EMPNO>7900</EMPNO><ENAME>JAMES</ENAME><JOB>CLERK</JOB><MGR>7698</MGR><HIRE
<EMP><EMPNO>7902</EMPNO><ENAME>FORD</ENAME><JOB>ANALYST</JOB><MGR>7566</MGR><HIR
<EMP><EMPNO>7934</EMPNO><ENAME>MILLER</ENAME><JOB>CLERK</JOB><MGR>7782</MGR><HIR
14 rows selected.
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