OCINewDescriptor & long fields

Hi, I installed PHP4.0.1pl2 and Oracle8i, it all works beautifully together. A customer wants to use PHP4 to interface with their existing Oracle database. This DB contains some tables that contain a field of type 'long'. I tried using the examples on http://www.php.net/manual/function.ocinewdescriptor.php, but I get an 'inconsistent datatypes' error when "talking to" a long-column. If I change the datatype of the column from 'long' to 'blob', it all works like a charm. Does anybody now how to get more than 4000 characters into an Oracle long column??? Replies please to arjan@nob.nl. Thanks! Arjan -- ººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººº Arjan Haverkamp aka: void NOB New Media Services url: http://www.nms.nob.nl Sumatralaan 45 email: arjan@nob.nl 1217 GP Hilversum The Netherlands "There's no gravity, +31-35-6774000 the earth just sucks..." ººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººººº