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Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects (LOBs)
Release 1 (9.0.1)
Part Number A88879-01
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Introduction to LOBs
This chapter discusses the following topics:
Why Use LOBs?
Unstructured Data
LOB Datatype Helps Support Internet Applications
Why Not Use LONGs?
LOBS Enable Oracle Text (interMEDIA Text)
LONG-to-LOB Migration API
SQL Semantics Support for LOBs
Partitioned Index-Organized Tables and LOBs
Extensible Indexing on LOBs
Function-Based Indexing on LOBs
XML Documents Can be Stored in XMLType Columns as CLOBs
Location of Demo Directories?
Compatibility and Migration Issues
Examples in This Manual Use the Multimedia Schema
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