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March 4, 2021 Uncategorized

Extended VARCHAR2 and the hidden LOB

In 12c, there was much rejoicing when VARCHAR2 columns could be extended from beyond their current 4000 byte limit to

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January 27, 2021 Uncategorized

Datatype conversions – strange internal function

Perhaps the most famous (or infamous) performance tuning problem you’ll find spanning decades of blog posts when it comes to

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September 11, 2015 Uncategorized

Longer strings in 12c

Most people are now aware that in 12c, a VARCHAR2 has been extended from a maximum size of 4000 to

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