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Old June 20th, 2005, 12:29 PM
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Truncate a long?
Is there anyway to truncate a long column in an sql statement? i know you not a llowed to use any of the built in functions from Oracle, but i need to find a sneaky way to limit the amount returned for a CF website.

Unfortunetly, i can't change the column type.
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You probably should create a stored procedure like this one - GETLONG -

http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:839298816582
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Cool, that helps. thanks a bunch!
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