Hi,

I have a table t1 with a long raw column, and I need to create a view
v1 with a long raw column being a function ff1 of the long raw column
in t1. And I need to update t1 with reverse function rf1 whenever
there is update, insert or delete to v1. My problem is it is not
allowed to refer long raw from :new or ld, so I cannot get the long
raw value when v1 is inserted, updated or deleted. Could anyone give
me some advice or suggestions?

Let's repharse my problem as following:

Fix conditions:

create table t1 (col1 number, col2 long raw);
create view v1
as select col1,
ff1(col2) /* ff1 also return long raw */
from t1;

Want to achieve:
create trigger v1_insert instead of insert on v1
declare
begin
insert into t1
(col1,
col2)
values
(:new.col1,
rf1(:new.col2)); /* I know :new.col2 is invalid */
end;

The creation of above trigger will return:
ORA-04093: references to columns of type LONG are not allowed in
triggers

Welcome all kind of possible way. Many thanks!

Regards,
LT

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