Q: Which Oracle binary data type can Bugzero use?

A: Oracle has two binary data types, LONG RAW and BLOB.
   Bugzero uses Oracle LONG RAW so that it can use the standard java.sql API to
   retrieve and insert binary data. But keep in mind that LONG RAW is deprecated and
   its content can not be searched. This is OK since Bugzero does not do binary search.

   BLOB can be searched but it uses the Oracle specific API to handle the data.
   It is not portable and Bugzero does not use it.