Oracle 7.3.4 select into using long datatype

How do I copy values using plain SQL
Scenario
Table T1 (C1 int, C2 long)
Table T2 (C1 int, C2 long)
T1 has the following value in the respective columns
C1 = 1
C2 = ('A','B')
Now I tried the following
Insert into T1 select * from T2 ;
This is Illegal
How do I workaround and Is there a workaround ??
Thanks in Advance
null

Hi Gopal,
The earliest version (if Client & Server) Oracle supported on Windows 2000 was 8.1.6, now de-supported.
Currently certified are 8.1.7 and 9.0.1.
7.3.4 is long out of support, and there have been some fairly radical changes to Oracle and the Oracle network products since then, so I'd not be surprised it doesn't work.
Bob

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v_median2      NUMBER          := 0;
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bb char(255);
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sgonos wrote:
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Now if I wrap it to pass in the file_name That is where I get the fetch returns more rows.
create or replace procedure test(file_name IN VARCHAR2)
authid CURRENT_USER
IS
n_count number;
aa char(255);
bb char(255);
cc char(255);
begin
select vol_id, orig_id, incoming_msg
into aa, bb, cc
from
table_name where file_name =file_name
and incoming_msg ='I';
n_count :=sql%rowcount;
DBMS_OUTPUT.Put_line ('sqlcode is' || sqlcode);
end;
procedure is successfully created..
then
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error at line 1p
ORA-10422: exact fetch returns more than requested number of rows
ORA -06512 at TEST, line 17
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3 /
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: Slawek (guest) wrote:
: : Under MS-SQL (T-SQL) Select statement is defined as follows:
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: : [HAVING search_condition]
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results
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Mich

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