PJC to input formatted text into a long/clob field

Hi,
Is there a PJC that can be used to stored formatted text into a LONG/CLOB column in the database (Something similar to the Message field while posting a new thread in this forum). I am using Oracle Forms 10G (9.0.4)
I would also like to print this formatted text using Oracle Reports 10G (9.0.4).
Thx in Advance
Best Rgds
Ramdas

Hello 
Have a look at this new forum, and particulary this article that shows how to create an editable styled text area. 
Francois

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Since Design View has been removed from Fluid Grid Layouts, and could be removed completely in next upgrade, I cannot use Live View to place complex text into my web pages.
Our business requires the listing of complex job descriptions on our web pages. Design View worked fine, Live View does not. Both examples are noted below.
Using Design View the web page rendered this way:
Research & Analytics Director
Position# 2469
Location: Midwest
Education Requirements: MS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Actuarial Science or related field or equivalent designation, such as FCAS.
Other Requirements: Include:
Job Competencies:
Achieve Results.
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Lead Change.
Lead Corp Vision & Strategy.
Lead People.
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Demonstrated ability to develop strategic partnerships.
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Demonstrated experience communicating business implications of complex data relationships and results of statistical models to multiple business partners.
Demonstrated experience formulating, approaching, and solving problems in massive, complex datasets.
Demonstrated experience in public speaking and use of appropriate presentation skills.
Demonstrated experience interfacing with business clients and driving solution discussions with both IT and business stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience performing advanced statistical analysis, including generalized linear models, decision trees, neural networks, etc., to discover business insights and develop predictive models.
Demonstrated experience with statistical and modeling software tools, such as SAS or R.
Demonstrated management or leadership experience.
Solid knowledge and understanding of mathematical modeling and research.
Salary Range: $146,300 to $243,800+
Description: This position is responsible for oversight and strategic direction of advanced analytics, including predictive modeling, that drive business performance consistent with company goals and objectives. Works with internal business partners to understand and validate scope of advanced analytics projects and directs projects teams to support those projects. Collaborates within the division and cross-divisionally to develop and integrate statistical models into various processes. Oversees research of new and innovative analytic tools and techniques. Monitors industry trends in analytics and investigates new concepts, ideas, and data sources. Primary accountabilities include:
Advanced Analytics Oversight (40%):
Provides oversight and direction for the design, development, and evaluation of predictive models and advanced algorithms that lead to business solutions.
Directs the most complex and vital analytics work critical to the organization.
Oversees advanced exploratory analytics that produce a variety of business solutions.
Conducts peer review on technical aspects of projects.
Partners with business areas (Commercial Lab, EDM, IS, etc.) on data innovation.
Portfolio Strategy and Management (25%):
Collaborates with Strategic Data & Analytics Vice President as well as business partners internal and external to the division to develop and execute advanced analytics strategy and project portfolio.
Leverages business acumen and domain expertise in directing advanced analytics strategy and application.
Aligns plans to divisional and corporate objectives/goals and integrates within the corporate planning cycle.
Monitors and analyzes advanced analytics resources. Assesses needs and appropriately allocates resources to priorities and initiatives.
Works with divisional management to improve work processes that impact work environment and divisional resources.
Provides overall portfolio/project management oversight and direction for a variety of advanced analytics project. Oversees measurement, monitoring and reporting of project progress and resource utilization. Manages project resources to ensure timely delivery of projects consistent with divisional goals and objectives.
Coordinates with business partners (Analytics Strategy, etc.) on knowledge management and participates in business area meetings. Maintains holistic view of the business. Ensures rapid delivery and execution of insights derived from data analytics into the organization.
Analytic Tools and Techniques Research Oversight (15%):
Sets the vision for the use of new and innovative tools and technology.
Maintains and fosters an industry awareness of new developments in analytics techniques and tools, and ensures quick execution in their use within the department.
Interfaces with Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Information Services (IS) on evolving technological and data needs and requirements.
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Establishes, communicates, and implements departmental plans, objectives, and strategies.
Participates as a member of the Management Team.
Maintains an active awareness of our Client's business environments, corporate culture, and structure to support key decision-making.
Management/Leadership for Department or Unit (10%):
Manages direct reports, systems, and projects to achieve department/unit goals in accordance with Company policies and practices.
Prepares and analyzes department/unit plans and reports.
Provides leadership by exhibiting influence and expertise, thus affecting the results of the operating area.
Creates an effective work environment by developing a common vision, setting clear objectives, expecting teamwork, recognizing outstanding performance, and maintaining open communications.
Develops staff through coaching, providing performance feedback, providing effective performance assessments, and establishing performance & development plans.
Using Live View the web page rendered this way:
Research & Analytics Director Position# 2469 Location: Midwest Education Requirements: MS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Actuarial Science or related field or equivalent designation, such as FCAS. Other Requirements: Include: • Job Competencies: o Achieve Results. o Be Accountable. o Lead Change. o Lead Corp Vision & Strategy. o Lead People. o Maximize Customer Experience. • Specialized Knowledge and Skills Requirements: o Demonstrated ability to develop strategic partnerships. o Demonstrated ability to identify potential issues, and to proactively work to the mitigation of those issues. o Demonstrated experience communicating business implications of complex data relationships and results of statistical models to multiple business partners. o Demonstrated experience formulating, approaching, and solving problems in massive, complex datasets. o Demonstrated experience in public speaking and use of appropriate presentation skills. o Demonstrated experience interfacing with business clients and driving solution discussions with both IT and business stakeholders. o Demonstrated experience performing advanced statistical analysis, including generalized linear models, decision trees, neural networks, etc., to discover business insights and develop predictive models. o Demonstrated experience with statistical and modeling software tools, such as SAS or R. o Demonstrated management or leadership experience. o Solid knowledge and understanding of mathematical modeling and research. Salary Range: $146,300 to $243,800+ Description: This position is responsible for oversight and strategic direction of advanced analytics, including predictive modeling, that drive business performance consistent with company goals and objectives. Works with internal business partners to understand and validate scope of advanced analytics projects and directs projects teams to support those projects. Collaborates within the division and cross-divisionally to develop and integrate statistical models into various processes. Oversees research of new and innovative analytic tools and techniques. Monitors industry trends in analytics and investigates new concepts, ideas, and data sources. 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Ensures rapid delivery and execution of insights derived from data analytics into the organization. • Analytic Tools and Techniques Research Oversight (15%): o Sets the vision for the use of new and innovative tools and technology. o Maintains and fosters an industry awareness of new developments in analytics techniques and tools, and ensures quick execution in their use within the department. o Interfaces with Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Information Services (IS) on evolving technological and data needs and requirements. • Strategies Linked to the Division's Business Goals/Results (10%): o Establishes, communicates, and implements departmental plans, objectives, and strategies. o Participates as a member of the Management Team. o Maintains an active awareness of our Client's business environments, corporate culture, and structure to support key decision-making. • Management/Leadership for Department or Unit (10%): o Manages direct reports, systems, and projects to achieve department/unit goals in accordance with Company policies and practices. o Prepares and analyzes department/unit plans and reports. o Provides leadership by exhibiting influence and expertise, thus affecting the results of the operating area. o Creates an effective work environment by developing a common vision, setting clear objectives, expecting teamwork, recognizing outstanding performance, and maintaining open communications. o Develops staff through coaching, providing performance feedback, providing effective performance assessments, and establishing performance & development plans.
Obviously, as seen above, I'm doing something wrong or Live View does not do all the functions that Design View use to do. I realize I can still access Design View in non-Fluid Grid Layout documents and that is my current work-around. I copy from my Word file into Design View available in non-Fluid, then copy that code into my Fluid Grid Layout document, not real efficient use of my time. And, even that work-around may not be available after the next upgrade.

Hans thank you for your reply and attention to this matter. Moreover, with your steeped expertise I do not, in any fashion, intend to be flippant or capricious.
However, I do not believe the reply is on point since I'm not discussing the insertion of an HTML tag/element; but rather, the placing of complex formatted text into my various web pages.
Design View and 2014.1 Live View seem to serve different functions. That is, Design View, for us, serves as a highly sophisticated HTML5 code generator that allows us to properly display complex formatted text that originally is created as a Word docx file. As I noted in my original post, the complex formatted text from the Word file is then pasted into Design View and thus properly renders on the web page. I invite you to try this yourself. Simply copy my properly formatted text in my original post (that can be found at "Using Design View the web page rendered this way:") to a Word file, and it will retain the complex formatting, then copy that Word file text to both Design View and 2014.1 Live View files. Please apprise me of your results.
Discussion has been had in at least two separate threads on the Design View disappearance in Fluid Grid. In https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1597260 staff member Lalita wrote "It would be helpful for us if you list the issues you are seeing with fluid grid live view editing." And in https://forums.adobe.com/message/6807088#6807088 staff member Subhadeep wrote "If you can list down the workflows you are trying while editing in Live View & the issues you are facing in doing so, it will help us understand what is amiss & suggest alternative workflows to do the same." I believe I've pointed out issues when attempting to use Live View for functions or work flow that customarily had been done in Design View.
Being a CC subscriber, if someone can provide me with a workflow using other additional Adobe products to get my complex formatted text from Word ultimately to my Dreamweaver web page, be it an image insert or whatever, I would take the suggestions.
The difference in the coding of my example in my original post is as follows.
Code when using Design View is:
Research & Analytics Director 
Position# 2469 
Location: Midwest 
Education Requirements: MS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Actuarial Science or related field or equivalent designation, such as FCAS. 
Other Requirements: Include:
<ul type="disc">
<li>Job Competencies:</li>
<ul type="circle">
 <li>Achieve Results.</li>
 <li>Be Accountable.</li>
 <li>Lead Change.</li>
 <li>Lead Corp Vision & Strategy.</li>
 <li>Lead People.</li>
 <li>Maximize Customer Experience.</li>
</ul>
<li>Specialized Knowledge and Skills Requirements:</li>
<ul type="circle">
 <li>Demonstrated ability to develop strategic partnerships.</li>
 <li>Demonstrated ability to identify potential issues, and to proactively work to the mitigation of those issues.</li>
 <li>Demonstrated experience communicating business implications of complex data relationships and results of statistical models to multiple business partners.</li>
 <li>Demonstrated experience formulating, approaching, and solving problems in massive, complex datasets.</li>
 <li>Demonstrated experience in public speaking and use of appropriate presentation skills.</li>
 <li>Demonstrated experience interfacing with business clients and driving solution discussions with both IT and business stakeholders.</li>
 <li>Demonstrated experience performing advanced statistical analysis, including generalized linear models, decision trees, neural networks, etc., to discover business insights and develop predictive models.</li>
 <li>Demonstrated experience with statistical and modeling software tools, such as SAS or R.</li>
 <li>Demonstrated management or leadership experience.</li>
 <li>Solid knowledge and understanding of mathematical modeling and research.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Salary Range: $146,300 to $243,800+ 
Description: This position is responsible for oversight and strategic direction of advanced analytics, including predictive modeling, that drive business performance consistent with company goals and objectives. Works with internal business partners to understand and validate scope of advanced analytics projects and directs projects teams to support those projects. Collaborates within the division and cross-divisionally to develop and integrate statistical models into various processes. Oversees research of new and innovative analytic tools and techniques. Monitors industry trends in analytics and investigates new concepts, ideas, and data sources. Primary accountabilities include:
<ul type="disc">
<li>Advanced Analytics Oversight (40%):</li>
<ul type="circle">
 <li>Provides oversight and direction for the design, development, and evaluation of predictive models and advanced algorithms that lead to business solutions.</li>
 <li>Directs the most complex and vital analytics work critical to the organization.</li>
 <li>Oversees advanced exploratory analytics that produce a variety of business solutions.</li>
 <li>Conducts peer review on technical aspects of projects.</li>
 <li>Partners with business areas (Commercial Lab, EDM, IS, etc.) on data innovation.</li>
</ul>
<li>Portfolio Strategy and Management (25%):</li>
<ul type="circle">
 <li>Collaborates with Strategic Data & Analytics Vice President as well as business partners internal and external to the division to develop and execute advanced analytics strategy and project portfolio.</li>
 <li>Leverages business acumen and domain expertise in directing advanced analytics strategy and application.</li>
 <li>Aligns plans to divisional and corporate objectives/goals and integrates within the corporate planning cycle.</li>
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 <li>Works with divisional management to improve work processes that impact work environment and divisional resources.</li>
 <li>Provides overall portfolio/project management oversight and direction for a variety of advanced analytics project. Oversees measurement, monitoring and reporting of project progress and resource utilization. Manages project resources to ensure timely delivery of projects consistent with divisional goals and objectives.</li>
 <li>Coordinates with business partners (Analytics Strategy, etc.) on knowledge management and participates in business area meetings. Maintains holistic view of the business. Ensures rapid delivery and execution of insights derived from data analytics into the organization.</li>
</ul>
<li>Analytic Tools and Techniques Research Oversight (15%):</li>
<ul type="circle">
 <li>Sets the vision for the use of new and innovative tools and technology.</li>
 <li>Maintains and fosters an industry awareness of new developments in analytics techniques and tools, and ensures quick execution in their use within the department.</li>
 <li>Interfaces with Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Information Services (IS) on evolving technological and data needs and requirements.</li>
</ul>
<li>Strategies Linked to the Division's Business Goals/Results (10%):</li>
<ul type="circle">
 <li>Establishes, communicates, and implements departmental plans, objectives, and strategies.</li>
 <li>Participates as a member of the Management Team.</li>
 <li>Maintains an active awareness of our Client's business environments, corporate culture, and structure to support key decision-making.</li>
</ul>
<li>Management/Leadership for Department or Unit (10%):</li>
<ul type="circle">
 <li>Manages direct reports, systems, and projects to achieve department/unit goals in accordance with Company policies and practices.</li>
 <li>Prepares and analyzes department/unit plans and reports.</li>
 <li>Provides leadership by exhibiting influence and expertise, thus affecting the results of the operating area.</li>
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</ul>
</ul>
Code when using Live View is:
<div id="liveview" class="fluid">Research & Analytics Director Position# 2469 Location: Midwest Education Requirements: MS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Actuarial Science or related field or equivalent designation, such as FCAS. Other Requirements: Include: • Job Competencies: o Achieve Results. o Be Accountable. o Lead Change. o Lead Corp Vision & Strategy. o Lead People. o Maximize Customer Experience. • Specialized Knowledge and Skills Requirements: o Demonstrated ability to develop strategic partnerships. o Demonstrated ability to identify potential issues, and to proactively work to the mitigation of those issues. o Demonstrated experience communicating business implications of complex data relationships and results of statistical models to multiple business partners. o Demonstrated experience formulating, approaching, and solving problems in massive, complex datasets. o Demonstrated experience in public speaking and use of appropriate presentation skills. o Demonstrated experience interfacing with business clients and driving solution discussions with both IT and business stakeholders. o Demonstrated experience performing advanced statistical analysis, including generalized linear models, decision trees, neural networks, etc., to discover business insights and develop predictive models. o Demonstrated experience with statistical and modeling software tools, such as SAS or R. o Demonstrated management or leadership experience. o Solid knowledge and understanding of mathematical modeling and research. Salary Range: $146,300 to $243,800+ Description: This position is responsible for oversight and strategic direction of advanced analytics, including predictive modeling, that drive business performance consistent with company goals and objectives. Works with internal business partners to understand and validate scope of advanced analytics projects and directs projects teams to support those projects. Collaborates within the division and cross-divisionally to develop and integrate statistical models into various processes. Oversees research of new and innovative analytic tools and techniques. Monitors industry trends in analytics and investigates new concepts, ideas, and data sources. Primary accountabilities include: • Advanced Analytics Oversight (40%): o Provides oversight and direction for the design, development, and evaluation of predictive models and advanced algorithms that lead to business solutions. o Directs the most complex and vital analytics work critical to the organization. o Oversees advanced exploratory analytics that produce a variety of business solutions. o Conducts peer review on technical aspects of projects. o Partners with business areas (Commercial Lab, EDM, IS, etc.) on data innovation. • Portfolio Strategy and Management (25%): o Collaborates with Strategic Data & Analytics Vice President as well as business partners internal and external to the division to develop and execute advanced analytics strategy and project portfolio. o Leverages business acumen and domain expertise in directing advanced analytics strategy and application. o Aligns plans to divisional and corporate objectives/goals and integrates within the corporate planning cycle. o Monitors and analyzes advanced analytics resources. Assesses needs and appropriately allocates resources to priorities and initiatives. o Works with divisional management to improve work processes that impact work environment and divisional resources. o Provides overall portfolio/project management oversight and direction for a variety of advanced analytics project. Oversees measurement, monitoring and reporting of project progress and resource utilization. Manages project resources to ensure timely delivery of projects consistent with divisional goals and objectives. o Coordinates with business partners (Analytics Strategy, etc.) on knowledge management and participates in business area meetings. Maintains holistic view of the business. Ensures rapid delivery and execution of insights derived from data analytics into the organization. • Analytic Tools and Techniques Research Oversight (15%): o Sets the vision for the use of new and innovative tools and technology. o Maintains and fosters an industry awareness of new developments in analytics techniques and tools, and ensures quick execution in their use within the department. o Interfaces with Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Information Services (IS) on evolving technological and data needs and requirements. • Strategies Linked to the Division's Business Goals/Results (10%): o Establishes, communicates, and implements departmental plans, objectives, and strategies. o Participates as a member of the Management Team. o Maintains an active awareness of our Client's business environments, corporate culture, and structure to support key decision-making. • Management/Leadership for Department or Unit (10%): o Manages direct reports, systems, and projects to achieve department/unit goals in accordance with Company policies and practices. o Prepares and analyzes department/unit plans and reports. o Provides leadership by exhibiting influence and expertise, thus affecting the results of the operating area. o Creates an effective work environment by developing a common vision, setting clear objectives, expecting teamwork, recognizing outstanding performance, and maintaining open communications. o Develops staff through coaching, providing performance feedback, providing effective performance assessments, and establishing performance & development plans. </div>
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Again Hans thank you for your reply. But unless I'm missing something, citation to the links you provided does not solve my problem. And that problem is this: If Design View is on its way out and thus will be completely removed from Dreamweaver at some point, then how do I provide my information (i.e. complex executive job descriptions) on my website?
Apparently a vote is taking place https://forums.adobe.com/ideas/3922 on the issue of placing Design View back into Fluid Grid. I do not understand why the need for two rather disjunctive functionalities are at the mercy of the democratic process. These are matters of engineering principles not "town hall gatherings".

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var nCits=0, nBib = 0, openParams, openReturnParams, newDoc, pgf, pgfText ;
var TAB = String.fromCharCode(8);               // FM has wrong ASCI for TAB
var parts = [];
openParams = GetOpenDefaultParams();
openReturnParams = new PropVals();
newDoc = Open (fileName, openParams, openReturnParams);
pgf = newDoc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf; // get first pgf in flow
// --- read the temp/formatted citations
while(pgf.ObjectValid()) {
    pgfText = GetText (pgf, newDoc);
    if (pgfText.substring (0,2) == "[[") {        // citation lines start with [[
      parts = pgfText.split(TAB);                 // get the two parts of the line
      gaFmtCitsRaw.push (parts[0]);               // Push the result onto the global array
      gaFmtCitsFmt.push (parts[1]);
      pgf = pgf.NextPgfInFlow;
    } else { break }
// --- read the bibliography
while(pgf.ObjectValid()) {                      // until end of doc
    pgfText = GetText (pgf, newDoc);
    gaBibliography.push(pgfText);
    pgf = pgf.NextPgfInFlow;
newDoc.Close (Constants.FF_CLOSE_MODIFIED);
} // --- end ReadFileRTF
The next questions then will be how to modify Ian Proudfoot's FindAndReplace script to handle formatted text as replacement. IMHO i will need to use copy/paste ...

Klaus,
Working with text is about the most complicated thing to do within FrameMaker. It seems counter-intuitive, since it is about the easiest thing to do with the GUI. But alas, once you remove the ability to select with a mouse and type with a keyboard, text becomes a wild jungle of complexity.
Text ranges are not too bad, once you get the general idea. It is just that... a range of text, like something you would select with a mouse. Like a mouse selection, it starts before some character in some paragraph and ends after some character in some paragraph. It may be the same paragraph, which is a selection within a paragraph. The character can even be the same, which is then just an insertion point (cursor) somewhere.
So, a text range is a data structure that defines two paragraphs and two characters. In the jargon of scripting, the character is called an "offset." An offset is simply the number of characters past the beginning of said paragraph, where 0 is the beginning.
For example, if you want to capture the first five characters of a paragraph as a text range, you can do this, where 'pgf' is some paragraph object:
var textRange = new TextRange();
textRange.beg.obj = pgf;
textRange.beg.offset = 0;
textRange.end.obj = pgf;
textRange.end.offset = 5;
If you want to capture a whole paragraph, change that last line to the number of characters in the pgf, or you can do this:
textRange.end.offset = Constants.FV_OBJ_END_OFFSET;
...where that constant is just some built-in thing that means "get me to the end of whatever." It's a convenience of the interface.
I'll also note that a text range is actually just an array of two text location structures, one named 'beg' and one named 'end.' If you think of a text location as defined by paragraph and an offset from the first character, maybe that will make more sense.
Text item structures are a whole new mess of complexity. I can't possibly go into an explanation of them here.
I think that many ES developers (definitely myself included) still use the FDK documentation because it is considerably more comprehensive. The two interfaces are largely parallel, but of course somewhat different in the language syntax. Consider that as a potential resource.
Russ

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Case in point: I added a link to a piece of text in Evernote for Mac. Copied it. Went to Tumblr, pasted it in... the link is removed. This is retained in Chrome, Opera and Safari.

# Update The Firefox Version
# Reset Your Firefox Setting
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-preferences-fix-problems
Note: When using the reset feature,your extensions and themes will be removed; open tabs, windows and tab groups will not be saved; and your preferences will be reset.

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Hello together,
I want to import formatted text in my Adobe form.
I declare the text fields as "Rich Text" fields and the data format as "XHTML".
Now, whatever I tried to format my texts outside the form and display it correct within my form, I failed.
Example:
I want to see: This is my name
I tried several things like "This is my name", ... but I was not able to bring the text fat to my form.
Thanks for help,
Alex!

Hello together,
I want to import formatted text in my Adobe form.
I declare the text fields as "Rich Text" fields and the data format as "XHTML".
Now, whatever I tried to format my texts outside the form and display it correct within my form, I failed.
Example:
I want to see: This is my name
I tried several things like "This is my name", ... but I was not able to bring the text fat to my form.
Thanks for help,
Alex!

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--the first entry is the insert operation that inserts all values with an EMPTY_CLOB() for the CLOB field
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However, what I am tripping over is the fact the first entry, the Insert, has a RowId value of 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' which is invalid if I attempt to use it in a flashback query such as:
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Now, again, this makes sense if the insert of the new row is not really considered "+done+" until the two steps are done. However, is there some way to group these operations together when analyzing the log contents to know that these two operations are a "+matched set+"?
Not a total deal breaker, but would be nice to know what is happening under the hood here so I don't act on any false assumptions.
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Create a table with CLOB field:
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        ID NUMBER
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      , AGE NUMBER
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       );Capture the before SCN:
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EXECUTE DBMS_LOGMNR.START_LOGMNR(STARTSCN=>2619174, ENDSCN=>2619191, -
           OPTIONS => DBMS_LOGMNR.DICT_FROM_ONLINE_CATALOG + DBMS_LOGMNR.CONTINUOUS_MINE + -
           DBMS_LOGMNR.COMMITTED_DATA_ONLY + DBMS_LOGMNR.NO_ROWID_IN_STMT + DBMS_LOGMNR.NO_SQL_DELIMITER)Query the logs for the changes in that range:
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       FROM V$LOGMNR_CONTENTS
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2619178     0C00070028000000     START                  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA     set transaction read write
2619178     0C00070028000000     INSERT     TESTTABLE     AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA     insert into "DEVUSER"."TESTTABLE" ...
2619178     0C00070028000000     UPDATE     TESTTABLE     AAAFEXAABAAALEJAAB     update "DEVUSER"."TESTTABLE" set "DESCRIPTION" = NULL ...
2619178     0C00070028000000     COMMIT                  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA     commitEdited by: 958701 on Sep 12, 2012 9:05 AM
Edited by: 958701 on Sep 12, 2012 9:07 AM

Scott,
Thanks for the reply.
I am inserting into the table over a database link.
I am using the new version of HTML Db (2.0)
HTML Db is connected to an Oracle 10 database I think, however the table I am trying to insert data into (via the database link) is in an Oracle 8 database - this is why we created a link to it as we couldn't have the HTML Db interacting with the Oracle 8 database directly due to compatibility problems (or so I've been told)
Simon

Script to drop text into Address Book "note" field?

I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on this: I have about 6000 contacts and wanted to organize them by putting category descriptions of each contact into the notes field: ie, "friend," "architect," "designer," etc. Once done, they will be easy to keep organized via smart groups.
Could a script be written to do this? My contacts are already broken out into "dumb" groups, so could a script simply drop a note for all members of an existing group? Or all selected contacts?
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This would be a very useful script, because Address Book does not presently have the "category" feature than other contact managers have, such as Entourage.
Any help greatly appreciated.

Suggestion:
6000 contacts - That's a lot. Before you get too carried away, I would add delimiters such as:
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[addressee2] to add a roomates, significant other, or spouse that wanted to keep her maiden name and want to formerly include on an invitation or xmas card.
Mr. John Smith
Dr. Karen Jones, M.D. [addressee2, roomate, significant other]
1234 W. 56th Street
Anytown, ST, Zip
[spouse] spouse; review your contact list and greet them with "How is your wife Karen?"
[xmasprefix] mainly to add "Mr. & Mrs." to your contacts
[xmasfamily] include a personal touch; "and family"
Others, [iphotolinks], [envelopegraphic], [envelopeAttn_]
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G4 powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Hello,
We are using CRM 7.0. We want to perform simple formatting for the long texts (bold, fonts etc.) We are considering to use thtmlbx <btf:btf> element for text editing. The question is how is it possible to save the formatted text as the long text? Is there any standard way to perform it?
Thanks in advance,
Sergey

Hello,
In the CRM system there are standard views that display long texts connected to the objects. They are stored in the standard tables and not in the ztables. I just want to enable formatting for this text, to store it formatted in the system and next time the user opens the object to show him the formatted text.
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Sergey

Importing Chinese Text into InDesign

I am working on a newsletter project and will need to input translated text in Mandrine Chinese in an InDesign file? My questions are:
1) How do I input the text into InDesign? Is it as simple as cut and paste or do I need to change some settings on my Mac first to recognize the Chinese characters?
2) Is there a specific kind of document file the text needs to be in first? i.e. .doc file or something else

1) How do I input the text into InDesign? Is it as simple as cut and paste or do I need to change some settings on my Mac first to recognize the Chinese characters?
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Adobe InDesign what version?
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