Perl script (in Win 95 environment) uses DBI to access Oracle (on a unix machine).

This (and other scripts using DBI to access the oracle DB) work fine except when a record retrieved contains more than 79 characters.

Record is retrieved by fetchrow_array inside a while: 

 while (@data = $handle->fetchrow_array() ) {

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All data comes back in $data[0]

When data in DB is > 79 characters long get the following error message:

DBD::Oracle::st fetchrow_array failed: ORA-01406: fetched column value was truncated (DBD: ORA-01 406 error on field 1 of 1, ora_type 8, DBI attribute LongTruncOk not set and/or LongReadLen too small) at my_perl_script.pl line xx.

Oracle documentation suggests that a buffer is too small on client (in my perl script I assume?)

How can I set the buffer size in my perl script so I can get longer values back?

And/Or, any suggestions for a workaround?

thanks in advance ;-)

In reply to DBI Oracle error LongReadLen too small by Anonymous Monk

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