How do I seach a LONG datatype in a table?

Question

Using Oracle 9.2.0.6.
I'm trying to search the TEXT column of the ALL_VIEWS DBA table for a view that contains a string.
select view_name from all_views
where upper(text) like '%FTBV_BOOK_SVC_ACTIVITY_ALL_V%';Throws up an error. I looked the object up ans it states that the LONG type can't be used in a where clause.
How do I get around this?
Thanks!
Edited by: user10382685 on Jan 29, 2009 8:35 AM

Answer 1

Michael,
Thanks for the code. I rewrote the statement to fit my needs as the following.
select * from all_views
where dbms_xmlgen.getxml('select text from all_views where view_name = ''' || view_name || '''
and owner = ''APPS''') like '%ftbv_salesrep_all_1d%'
and owner = 'APPS';My goal is to list out all of the views where this table is used.
The Query DOES complete and DOES return a view, however it only returns one view that contains this search string.
When I try to 'guide' the query to return a view that I know contains this very same search string I get no rows returned.
select * from all_views
where dbms_xmlgen.getxml('select text from all_views where view_name = ''' || view_name || '''
and owner = ''APPS''
and view_name = ''FTBV_BOOK_SVC_ACTIVITY_ALL_V''') like '%ftbv_salesrep_all_1d%'
and owner = 'APPS'
and view_name = 'FTBV_BOOK_SVC_ACTIVITY_ALL_V';In other words I know that 'ftbv_salesrep_all_1d' exists in the definition of the view FTBV_BOOK_SVC_ACTIVITY_ALL_V
but this query won't acknowledge that.
Any suggestions?
Thanks Again