diff --git a/reference/oci8/functions/oci-set-prefetch.xml b/reference/oci8/functions/oci-set-prefetch.xml
index c2a10d44d6..b2942566d5 100644
--- a/reference/oci8/functions/oci-set-prefetch.xml
+++ b/reference/oci8/functions/oci-set-prefetch.xml
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@
re-executed statements or by other connections.
- Call oci_set_prefetch before
- calling oci_execute.
+ Call oci_set_prefetch before
+ calling oci_execute.
- A tuning goal is to set the prefetch value to a reasonable size
- for the network and database to handle. For queries returning a
- very large number of rows, overall system efficiency might be
- better if rows are retrieved from the database in several chunks
- (i.e set the prefetch value smaller than the number of rows).
- This allows the database to handle other users' statements while
- your script is processing the current set of rows.
+ A tuning goal is to set the prefetch value to a reasonable size for
+ the network and database to handle. For queries returning a very
+ large number of rows, overall system efficiency might be better if
+ rows are retrieved from the database in several chunks (i.e set the
+ prefetch value smaller than the number of rows). This allows the
+ database to handle other users' statements while your script is
+ processing the current set of rows.
Query prefetching was introduced in Oracle 8i. REF CURSOR
@@ -52,9 +52,12 @@
linked with Oracle 11gR2 Client libraries and connected to 11gR2 or
previous versions of the database. Nested cursor prefetching was
introduced in Oracle 11gR2 and requires both the Oracle Client
- libraries and the database to be version 11gR2. The prefetch value
- is ignored and single-row fetches will be used when prefetching is
- not supported.
+ libraries and the database to be version 11gR2.
+
+
+ Prefetching is not supported when queries contain LONG or LOB
+ columns. The prefetch value is ignored and single-row fetches will
+ be used in all the situations when prefetching is not supported.