diff --git a/SqlAndR.Rmd b/SqlAndR.Rmd index 6d34c0e..587204a 100644 --- a/SqlAndR.Rmd +++ b/SqlAndR.Rmd @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ translate(sql, targetDialect = "oracle", oracleTempSchema = "temp_schema") Note that the user will need to have write privileges on `temp_schema`. -Also note that because Oracle has a limit on table names of 30 characters. **Temp table names are only allowed to be at most 22 characters long**, because else the name will become too long after appending the session ID. +Also note that because Oracle (prior to version 12.2, released in 2016) has a limit on table names of 30 characters. **Temp table names are only allowed to be at most 22 characters long**, because else the name will become too long after appending the session ID. Furthermore, remember that temp tables are not automatically dropped on Oracle, so you will need to explicitly ```TRUNCATE``` and ```DROP``` all temp tables once you're done with them to prevent orphan tables accumulating in the Oracle temp schema.