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How to pass input parameter(Inside a procedure) with more than 4000 characters as comma separated va [message #676459] Mon, 10 June 2019 05:29 Go to next message
Piranava
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How to pass input parameter(Inside a procedure) with more than 4000 characters as comma separated value .Currenly we used varchar2 but it will fails when values more than 4000 are passed in.


The input is my order number where all order number are separated with (,)t .Order number is varchar2 here.

Apart from CLOB is there any other way.Please guide
Re: How to pass input parameter(Inside a procedure) with more than 4000 characters as comma separated va [message #676460 is a reply to message #676459] Mon, 10 June 2019 05:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michel Cadot
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You can pass as much as 32K with a VARCHAR2 datatype and much more with a CLOB.

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Re: How to pass input parameter(Inside a procedure) with more than 4000 characters as comma separated va [message #676461 is a reply to message #676460] Mon, 10 June 2019 05:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cookiemonster
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If it's failing at the 4000 limit then the problem is probably in the calling code.
4000 is the SQL limit for a varchar, the PL/SQL limit is 32767.
Re: How to pass input parameter(Inside a procedure) with more than 4000 characters as comma separated va [message #676510 is a reply to message #676461] Thu, 13 June 2019 07:24 Go to previous message
Bill B
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in other words (see cookiemonster) under oracle 12 the maximum size of a varchar2 column in a table is 4000 bytes. The maximum size of a variable/parameters in a pl/sql block is 32767. In 12c and above the database can be configured to have a maximum table column size for varchar2 of 32767.

That being said, what is wrong with using CLOB. It's main purpose in life is to hold a string of characters that are bigger the 4000/32767

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