I am using Oracle SQL Developer 18.3 but when I want to edit(or insert) a column with RAW datatype it shows the field as read only and does not allow to edit.
As you may know Oracle SQL Developer shows RAW datatype as hex string despite BLOB datatype that it does not show the value but you can download and upload the BLOB data.
I know that I can update(or insert) the RAW data as hex string like this :
CREATE TABLE t1(the_id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, raw_col RAW(2000));
INSERT INTO t1(the_id, raw_col) VALUES(1, '1a234c');
But I want do it by Oracle SQL Developer GUI.
Sorry, we do not have a 'raw' editor like we have for BLOBs, so it's up to using SQL.
If you want a reason for that omission, it's partly due to the fact that RAW is not a commonly used data type in Oracle Database.
Related: if you're talking about LONG RAW
We (Oracle) recommend you stop using it, and instead convert them to BLOBs.
The LONG RAW datatype is provided for backward compatibility with
existing applications. For new applications, use the BLOB and BFILE
datatypes for large amounts of binary data. Oracle also recommends
that you convert existing LONG RAW columns to LOB columns. LOB columns
are subject to far fewer restrictions than LONG columns. Further, LOB
functionality is enhanced in every release, whereas LONG RAW
functionality has been static for several releases.
Related
we are in the process of migrating Oracle tables to redshift tables. We found that few tables are having CLOB data type. In redshift we converted CLOB to Varchar(65535) type. While doing copy command , we are getting
The length of the data column investigation_process is longer than the length defined in the table. Table: 65000, Data: 90123.
Which data type we need to use? Please share your suggestion.
Redshift isn't designed to store CLOB (or BLOB) data. Most databases that do store the CLOB separately from the table contents to not burden all queries with the excess data. A CLOB reference is stored in the table contents and a replacement of CLOB for reference is performed at result generation.
CLOBs should be stored in S3 and references to the appropriate CLOB (S3 key) stored in the Redshift table. The issue is that there isn't a prepackaged tool for doing the CLOB for reference replacement with Redshift AFAIK. Your solution will need some retooling to perform this replacement actions for all data users. It's doable, it's just going to take a data layer that performs the needed replacement.
I need to export data from one schema and import it to another. But in the second schema there are tables with different names, different attribute names, etc, but these tables are suitable for data in first schema. So I export data as SQL inserts and manually rewrite names etc. in this inserts.
My problem is with tables which have columns with type BLOB. PL/SQL Developer throws error:
Table MySchema.ENT_NOTIFICATIONS contains one or more BLOB columns.
Cannot export in SQL format, use PL/SQL Developer format instead.
But, when I use PL/SQL Developer format (.pde) it is some kind of raw byte data and I can't change what I need.
Is there any solution to manage this?
Note: I use PL/SQL Developer 10.0.5.1710 and Oracle database 12c
I need to create JOB in Pentaho Kettle to automate copying data from one database to another database. I am facing problem while copying data from table containing a long raw column.
I have tried below listed things:
I have used copy table wizard.But getting error "ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column" while copy for table containg LONG RAW column.Tables in both databases are exactly same.
I have tried creating a oracle function to use pl/sql to insert long raw data by binding the long raw column.
I am making call to oracle function in "Execute sql script" step in PENTAHO.
select function_name(prameter1,parameter2,long raw column,.....) from dual.
But getting error "String literal too long".
Any suggestion how to do copy long raw data having size around 89330 bytes from one table to another.
Tom Kyte writes:
August 26, 2008 - 7pm UTC:
long raw, not going to happen over a database link
(https://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1101164500346436784)
You can try to create "temporary" table at one source DB where you convert from LONG RAW to CLOB using function TO_LOB.
And then you can transfer data to destination DB.
Then, if you absolutely need LONG RAW data type, you can convert back using method described here - Copying data from LOB Column to Long Raw Column
I m accessing remote database through DBLINK, but when trying to fire select query to fetch image stored in BLOB datatype it gives me following error:
ORA-22992: cannot use LOB locators selected from remote tables
Thanks in Advance.
You didn't provide the statement you are trying to execute, but I guess you are trying to do something which simply isn't possible in Oracle 10g.
The docs at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/sql_elements001.htm#sthref161 state:
Oracle Database has limited support for remote LOBs. Remote LOBs are
supported in three ways.
Create table as select or insert as select.
Functions on remote LOBs returning scalars. SQL and PL/SQL functions having a LOB parameter and returning a scalar datatype are
supported. Other SQL functions and DBMS_LOB APIs are not supported for
use with remote LOB columns.
Data Interface for remote LOBs. You can insert a character or binary buffer into a remote CLOB or BLOB, and select a remote CLOB or
BLOB into a character or binary buffer.
These are the only supported syntax involving LOBs in remote tables.
No other usage is supported.
See the link for extended examples.
To access data of type BLOB use the PIC datatype. Build your query like this:
*select(
**select PIC from AGENT_SIGNATURES_TB#DBLINK**
) as PIC
from dual*
At least that worked for me on an Oracle database.
I am getting the following error:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle: Data type is not supported.
Could somebody help me figure out this please...
Situation:
Recently migrated database from SQL Server 2005 to Oracle 11g. One of the table has some columns of the data type ntext in SQL Server, which were converted to NCLOB during migration to Oracle. Client is Classic ASP page (VBScript) accessing the Oracle Database through OLEDB connection.
When the execution reaches the query (Select query) that reads the column of type NCLOB it is throwing the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle: Data type is not supported error. When I take out that particular column then the query is running fine...
QUESTION: How to read NCLOB, CLOB data values from Classic ASP pages?
Plz let me know if you need more information.....
Thank You..
I know that Microsoft's ODBC Driver for Oracle didn't support any of the LOB types-- I would wager that its OLE DB Provider didn't either given the error. Can you upgrade to the Oracle OLE DB Provider?
As an aside, since you are migrating from SQL Server to Oracle, do you really need to use the NCLOB data type? Since Oracle allows the database character set to be Unicode, you normally don't need (and don't want) to use the NVARCHAR2 or NCLOB data types unless you're stuck supporting an old database that requires a non-Unicode character set. For data that is English or Western Eurpoean in nature, storing data in a CLOB has substantial benefits in terms of storage space since the CLOB would store the data in UTF-8 rather than UTF-16 in an NCLOB (assuming that you picked a Unicode character set for the database). Eliminating the NVARCHAR2 and NCLOB columns also tends to make it much easier for front-end tools to handle the data.