How to handle a long strings in a pl sql stored procedure,

[abacnet]

Hi gurus,

I have a # separated string that can be greater than 4000 chars in
length. Here is an example : abababa#2121212 #vbvbvbv
I need to get each token in a loop, in a pl sql stored procedure. That
means I need to pass the string as a parameter, in the stored
procedure and to get abababa, 2121212 and vbvbvbv. I guess I cannot
use Varchar2 since a Varchar2 cannot be greater than 4000 chars. I
really a working sample for that.

Thanks,

[Rauf Sarwar]

Re: How to handle a long strings in a pl sql stored procedure,


Originally posted by Abacnet

Hi gurus,

>

I have a # separated string that can be greater than 4000 chars in

length. Here is an example : abababa#2121212 #vbvbvbv

I need to get each token in a loop, in a pl sql stored procedure. That

means I need to pass the string as a parameter, in the stored

procedure and to get abababa, 2121212 and vbvbvbv. I guess I cannot

use Varchar2 since a Varchar2 cannot be greater than 4000 chars. I

really a working sample for that.

>

Thanks,

Read up on Oracle datatypes at http://tahiti.oracle.com.



- You can store upto 32767 bytes of data in a PLSQL VARCHAR2 variable.

- You can ONLY store upto 4000 bytes in a VARCHAR2 type database column.



Regards

/Rauf Sarwar


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