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PL/SQL (MOSC)

is there a LONG VARCHAR datatype in Oracle?

Mar 12, 2015 7:18AM edited Mar 19, 2015 10:04AM in PL/SQL (MOSC) 8 commentsAnswered

I recently learnt that there is no LONG VARCHAR datatype, nonetheless searching the Web for

"Oracle LONG VARCHAR" yields a hit LONG VARCHAR data type.

On the other hand there is LONG. What are the limitations to this datatype? Somewhere I read there can be only one LONG column per table.

Is that correct? Then I read that LONG is deprecated.

Thanks in advance

Christoph

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