I am using oracle as db and fluent Nhibernate for mapping.
Below is my Object Class
public class UserFieldEvent
{
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
public virtual UserFieldBase UserField { get; set; }
public virtual EventType EventType { get; set; }
public virtual string EventScript { get; set; }
}
The length of property EventScript can be from 0 to 4000.
In the database I made the column type for EventScript a CLOB.
Below is my mapping Class:
public UserFieldEventMap()
{
Table("TBLDS_USERFIELDEVENT");
Id(x => x.Id).GeneratedBy.Sequence("SEQDS_USERFIELDEVENT");
Map(x => x.EventType).CustomType<EventType>();
Map(x => x.EventScript).CustomSqlType("CLOB");
References(x => x.UserField).Column("USERFIELDBASEID");
}
Now whenever the length of EventScript is greater than 2000 I get the error "ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column ." while saving the object into database. Can anyone help on this.
This is a known issue with the .NET provided System.Data.OracleClient.OracleConnection
driver. The fix is either to use the Oracle provided ODP.net client Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleConnection
(see: http://nuget.org/packages/odp.net.x86/) or use the following workaround (referenced from: http://thebasilet.blogspot.be/2009/07/nhibernate-oracle-clobs.html).
public class CustomOracleDriver : OracleClientDriver
{
protected override void InitializeParameter(System.Data.IDbDataParameter dbParam, string name, SqlType sqlType)
{
base.InitializeParameter(dbParam, name, sqlType);
// System.Data.OracleClient.dll driver generates an ORA-01461 exception because
// the driver mistakenly infers the column type of the string being saved, and
// tries forcing the server to update a LONG value into a CLOB/NCLOB column type.
// The reason for the incorrect behavior is even more obscure and only happens
// when all the following conditions are met.
// 1.) IDbDataParameter.Value = (string whose length: 4000 > length > 2000 )
// 2.) IDbDataParameter.DbType = DbType.String
// 3.) DB Column is of type NCLOB/CLOB
// The above is the default behavior for NHibernate.OracleClientDriver
// So we use the built-in StringClobSqlType to tell the driver to use the NClob Oracle type
// This will work for both NCLOB/CLOBs without issues.
// Mapping file must be updated to use StringClob as the property type
// See: http://thebasilet.blogspot.be/2009/07/nhibernate-oracle-clobs.html
if ((sqlType is StringClobSqlType))
{
((OracleParameter)dbParam).OracleType = OracleType.NClob;
}
}
}
You need to update your SessionFactory
to use this driver, as well as update any of your clob mappings to use StringClob
custom type
Map(x => x.EventType).CustomSqlType("Clob").CustomType("StringClob");