Table with a Long column

Question

I had a problem, when i am creating a table with the SQL -->
"create table tab2 as (select * from tab1); "
i get an error --> ORA-00997: illegal use of LONG datatype
This i figured out happened because tab1 has a long column.
How to recreate a table with long column ?
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Answer 1

You could use the COPY feature once your second table is created:
DROP TABLE one
DROP TABLE two
CREATE TABLE one
(n NUMBER
,l LONG)
INSERT INTO one
VALUES
(1
,'123'
CREATE TABLE two
(n NUMBER
,l LONG)
COPY FROM apps/apps@dblink TO apps/apps@dblink APPEND two USING SELECT * FROM one
SELECT * FROM one
SELECT * FROM two
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