Retrieve data from LONG data types

Question

Hi,
I am trying to retrieve data from LONG data types with following query.
select * from all_views where upper(text) like '%TABLE_NAME%';
In above query text column has long datatype. This query works for varchar, but it returns an error for long.
How can I modify the query so that it returns data from text column.
Thanks in advance,
Aditya

Answer 1

You can't use any expressions against LONG. One solution is to use PL/SQL:
BEGIN
    FOR v_rec IN (SELECT * FROM ALL_VIEWS) LOOP
      IF UPPER(v_rec.text) LIKE '%TABLE_NAME%'
        THEN
          DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_rec.text);
      END IF;
    END LOOP;
END;
/SY.