String Limitation

Question

Hi,
Does anybody know if they still have the 4000 char string limitation in ORACLE 11g??
In other words, is it possible to UPDATE a CLOB field and harcode more than 4000 char in the Update script ?
Thanks,
Marc.

Answer 1

this is what you get which means that it can store minimum of 100000 char? A 'minimum of 100000 char' ?
You've just iterated 100000 times, adding a character each time.
It has nothing to do a with a minimum?
Clob's go up tp 4 GB, and there's no minimum.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/sql_elements001.htm#sthref174
MHO%xe> select * from tablea;
      COL1       COL2       COL3
         1          1          1
         1          2          2
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MHO%xe> create table temp(col clob);
Tabel is aangemaakt.
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MHO%xe>
MHO%xe>
MHO%xe> declare
  2  v_string clob;
  3  begin
  4  for i in 1..2
  5  loop
  6  v_string:=v_string||'A';
  7  end loop;
  8  insert into temp values(v_string);
  9  end;
10  /
PL/SQL-procedure is geslaagd.
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MHO%xe> select length(col) from temp;
LENGTH(COL)
          2Edited by: hoek on Jun 5, 2009 6:54 AM adjusted the 'minimum'