What is the equivalent of varchar(max) in Oracle?

Question

What is the equivalent of varchar(max) in Oracle?

CLOB?

Answer 1

The Oracle 11g Gateway translates a Varchar(Max) to LONG Not very handy and causing major problems for our loading of SQL Server data into Oracle.

See following url for more details:- http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/gateways.111/b31049/apa.htm