Selecting data from a table which has a LONG column

hi all,
In the table user_views there is a LONG column. Now i want to select rows from that table based on this LONG column. like....
select *from user_views where text like '%account%;
but i am getting the error.."ORA-00932: Inconsistent datatypes:Expected NUMBER got LONG".
How do I overcome this error.
Please give me some suggestions.
Thanks & Regards,
Vijay

In the table user_views there is a LONG column. Now i want to select rows from that >table based on this LONG column. like....LONG columns cannot appear in a WHERE or
AND clause.

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LOGGING
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I have the correct privileges on the directory, but the error seems to be on the EMPLOYER_NAME field. The file I try to upload is in pipe-delimited format. The last field in the file does not have a pipe-delimiter at the end. Can this be the problem? Must I go and look for any trailing spaces? Can I specify in the external table script how many characters I need for the employer_name field? We receive this file from an external company
Thank you very much for the help
Ferdie

common mistake, you gave the field sizes in the
column listing of the table, but not in the file
definition. oracle does not apply one to the other.
in the file defintion section, give explict field
sizes.Hi shoblock
Sorry for only coming back to you now, thank you for your help, I had to give the explicit field size for the last column (employer name).
Thank you once again!!
Ferdie

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Edited by: kishan P on Sep 5, 2010 9:12 PM

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