Re: clob to text file

Yes, use DBMS_LOB and UTL_FILE.

UTL_FILE has a 32k line length limit, so you will be required to output to multiple lines for CLOB's > 32k.

If you don't have any restrictions on how this is done, use Perl, Java or C instead, and avoid the UTL_FILE limitations.

Jared

On Tuesday 12 November 2002 15:58, Sergei wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am trying to offload data from multiple tables into one text file.
> The problem is couple of the fields are clobs. Any advices how to deal
> with clobs?
>
> Sergei

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