ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column tips

23. August, 2010

Should you ever encounter this message:

ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column tips

then chances are you tried to insert more than 4096 characters at once.

Again the price for useless error messages goes to … Oracle! 😉

To add insult to injury, I couldn’t find anything useful related to this error with Oracle’s own site search.


Civilization

23. August, 2010

“The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.”

— Sigmund Freud


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