long raw length). You can call this from sql or from plsql and would call it before reading out the long raw (to see that you CAN in fact read it out). But you can use the same technique to read and ...

DBTA: Oracle 11g beta was announced in October. What can people look forward to? Kyte: I would like to start with PL/ SQL enhancements, particularly in the performance area. Today, everybody is ...