Hi List, I am working with 12c and was able to use the new large data type for VARCHAR2 etc. I am now using a VARCHAR2(32767) and NVARCHAR2(16383) Now I noticed at the Data Dict that tables and other entities are defined as SQL> desc user_tables Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------- TABLE_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(128) But I am unable to create a table with large than 30 char (old restrictions). Do anyone know if this is doable (I recall reading that in some Oracle Doc ) or do I need to turn another init.ora parameter? Any help would be highly appreciated. Best, Hanan