FieldSize Method

Applies To

Description

Returns the number of bytes stored in a LONG or LONG RAW field. Not available at design time and read-only at run time.

Usage

data_size = orafield.FieldSize( )
data_size = orafield.DbFieldSize( )

Remarks

Returns the number of bytes stored in a LONG or LONG RAW field, up to a value of around 64 KB. If the field contains more than 64 KB, then the FieldSize method returns -1.

Oracle Database does not return the length of columns that are greater than 64 KB; The only way to determine the length is to retrieve the column. To conserve resources, columns of lengths greater than 64 KB are not retrieved automatically.

Data Type

Long Integer