DBMS_LOB

This package provides procedures to work with BLOBs, CLOBs, NCLOBs, BFILEs, and temporary LOBs.

Procedures

The most relevant procedures are:

  • GET_LENGTH: gets the length of the LOB value
  • FILEOPEN: opens a file
  • LOADFROMFILE: loads LOB data from a file
  • APPEND: appends the contents of a source LOB to a destination LOB
  • OPEN: opens an LOB
  • READ: reads data from the LOB starting at the specified offset
  • WRITE: writes data to the LOB from a specified offset
  • CLOSE: closes a previously opened LOB

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