Re: OCINewDescriptor & long fields

From: Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:21:32 +0000
Subject: Re: OCINewDescriptor & long fields
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On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 04:08:28PM +0200, Arjan Haverkamp wrote: > 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'. you don't need to use "ocinewdescriptor" for longs just treat them as "normal" fields (like varchar). tc > 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 > > -- Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany

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