1. Oracle GoldenGate Classic Documentation
  2. Prepare
  3. Prepare Your Database for Oracle GoldenGate Classic Architecture
  4. Sybase
  5. Understanding What's Supported for Sybase
  6. Supported Sybase Data Types
  7. Large Objects

Large Objects

  • BINARY

  • IMAGE

  • TEXT

  • UNITEXT

  • VARBINARY

Limitations of Support

  • TEXT, UNITEXT and IMAGE are supported up to 2 GB in length.

  • Large objects that are replicated from other databases (such as Oracle BLOB and CLOB) can be mapped to Sybase CHAR, VARCHAR, BINARY, and VARBINARY columns. To prevent Replicat from abending if the replicated large object is bigger than the size of the target column, use the DBOPTIONS parameter with the ALLOWLOBDATATRUNCATE option in the Replicat parameter file. For more information, see Reference for Oracle GoldenGate for Windows and UNIX.

  • To move data to a Sybase target from a source database that permits empty LOB columns, use the DBOPTIONS parameter with the EMPTYLOBSTRING option in the Replicat parameter file. This parameter accepts a string value and prevents Replicat from setting the target column to NULL, which is not permitted by Sybase. For more information, see Reference for Oracle GoldenGate for Windows and UNIX.

  • When a source table contains multiple identical rows, it can cause LOB inconsistencies in the target table. This occurs when the source table lacks a primary key or other unique row identifier. The rows are inserted by Replicat on the target, but if the LOB data is updated in a subsequent source operation, it will only be replicated to the first row that was inserted on the target.

  • Do not use NOT NULL constraints on the in-row LOB column. If you want to use NOT NULL constraints, use them on the off-row LOB column.

  • If you need to fetch the in-row LOB data directly from the table you must use FETCHCOLS/FETCHMODCOLS.

  • Oracle GoldenGate for Sybase 15.7 does not support the in-row LOB column replication (however, it can still push the data into the in-row LOB column at in the Replicat database). This means tables included in the replication cannot have any in-row LOB columns. Oracle GoldenGate will abend if any replication table includes an in-row LOB column. If you need in-row LOB support, contact Oracle Support for further information.