BLOB to CLOB

Posted on by Osama Mustafa in Database
i took this procedure from OTN forum  to convert BLOB to CLOB

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION blob_to_clob (blob_in IN BLOB)
RETURN CLOB
AS
v_clob CLOB;
v_varchar VARCHAR2(32767);
v_start PLS_INTEGER := 1;
v_buffer PLS_INTEGER := 32767;
BEGIN
DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(v_clob, TRUE);

FOR i IN 1..CEIL(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(blob_in) / v_buffer)
LOOP

v_varchar := UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2(DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR(blob_in, v_buffer, v_start));

DBMS_LOB.WRITEAPPEND(v_clob, LENGTH(v_varchar), v_varchar);
v_start := v_start + v_buffer;
END LOOP;
RETURN v_clob;
END blob_to_clob;
/

 Example :
Select blob_to_clob(blob_column) from table_name;

Published by Osama Mustafa

Osama considered as one of the leaders in Cloud technology, DevOps and database in the Middle-East. I have more than ten years of experience within the industry. moreover, certfied 4x AWS , 4x Azure and 6x OCI, have also obtained database certifications for multiple providers. In addition to having experience with Oracle database and Oracle products, such as middle-ware, OID, OAM and OIM, I have gained substantial knowledge with different databases. Currently, I am architecting and implementing Cloud and DevOps. On top of that, I'm providing solutions for companies that allow them to implement the solutions and to follow the best practices.

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