Is it possible to use LONG columns in WHERE clause or ORDER
BY?

Answer Posted / lakshmikanthan

while using where or order by clause in long datatype column . error will come LIKE
ORA-00997: illegal use of LONG datatype .

And another points is :
1. only one long data type allowed in a table
2. cannot able to create the constraint in a long data type column in a table
error :
ORA-02269: key column cannot be of LONG datatype.

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