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April 19, 2011 18:13
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Technique for changing a clob to varchar2 in Oracle without dropping/recreating table or altering column positions.
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| alter table t add c2 varchar2(4000); | |
| update t set c2 = c; | |
| update t set c = null; | |
| commit; | |
| alter table t modify c long; | |
| alter table t modify c clob; | |
| update t set c = c2; | |
| alter table t drop column c2; | |
| commit; |
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