[cx-oracle-users] How to insert LOB/CLOB/BLOB ??

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Hi all,
  I am new to this list and also to the cx_Oracle package. Previously I was 
working with other database systems with Python. I recently switched to
Oracle and cx_Oracle. 
  Now I am learning to use this package using the tests provided with package.
But I am facing problems in inserting large object data in tables. 
I have a table as : clob(id integer PK,clobval clob NN)
Now I try to insert some data in it:
  >>longString="abcd"*2500
  >>cur=con.cursor()
  >>cur.setinputsizes(pstr=cx_Oracle.LONG_STRING)
  >>cur.execute("insert into testclob values(:pint,:pstr)",pint=1,pstr=longString)

But here I gets error:
  cx_Oracle.DatabaseError: ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column

Please Help..

I am using Python 2.3/cx_Oracle 3.1/ Oracle 8.1.5 on Windows 2k (SP4).

TIA and Kind Regards,
Vivek Kumar