DBMS_LOB.INSTR( ) ???

From: Walter K <alden14004_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 07:10:43 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0031A167.20010604060521@fatcity.com>

I have the following in a blob column:

18 21:20:48 CDT 2001: Customer notified of: Order Accepted
Wed Apr 18 22:11:09
CDT 2001: Order cancelled: demo
Wed Apr 18 22:11:09 CDT 2001: Flagged for Review.

When I run the following via SQL*Plus:

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select
dbms_lob.instr(order_text,utl_raw.cast_to_raw('Customer'),1,1) from order_help where order_id=5944108;

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I get the answer: 103

What's up with that? :) Shouldn't I be getting back a result of 23 (give or take 1)?

The contents of the BLOB column (order_text) were converted from a LONG RAW using the TO_LOB( ) function, prior to the above query.

Thanks again!
-w

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