=== on 14 Mar 2014, 11:17:36 Dinesh Bolkensteyn wrote: see http://www.oracle-developer.net/display.php?id=430 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28318/datatype.htm#CNCPT613 and \http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28318/datatype.htm#CNCPT1831 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12722636/what-is-the-difference-between-long-and-long-raw-data-types-in-oracle