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ORA-00997 Illegal Use of LONG Datatype

Troubleshooting


Problem

Error Error-9 DMS-E-GENERAL, A General Exception has occurred during operation 'prepare request' ORA-00997 Illegal Use of LONG Datatype when attempting to run an Impromptu report against an Oracle 7.0 Database via SQL*Net.

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52191

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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