Convert a column from CLOB to BLOB

hi,
I recently had a requirement to save a XML file in Database. Presently the column is of datatype CLOB. But since CLOB has asize limitation, when iam saving a file of larger size it is throwing exception.
So iam planning to convert this CLOB column to BLOB.
Is this a right approach??

798116 wrote:
hi,
I recently had a requirement to save a XML file in Database. Presently the column is of datatype CLOB. But since CLOB has asize limitation, when iam saving a file of larger size it is throwing exception.
So iam planning to convert this CLOB column to BLOB.
Is this a right approach??I'd be very concerned if you're creating XML that exceeds the limits of a CLOB column. That would smell of bad design somewhere.
Character based data such as XML, would be better placed in a CLOB than a BLOB, as a BLOB is primarily for storing binary data, not character data.
The best however would be to store your XML in an XMLTYPE datatype, which is based on CLOB, as that offers XML methods around it.

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GOAL: insert adresse or someth. into an msword file out of database
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user472439

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Hi,
When I try to insert CLOB value into Oracle9i database from an XML document using XSU, I get an exception as below.
09:37:32,392 ERROR [STDERR] oracle.xml.sql.OracleXMLSQLException: 'java.sql.SQLException: ORA-03237: Initial Extent of specified size cannot be allocated
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOB", line 395
ORA-06512: at line 1
' encountered during processing ROW element 0. All prior XML row changes were rolled back. in the XML document.
All Element tags in XML doc. is mapped to columns in the database. One of the table columns is CLOB. That is the one that gives the above exception. Here is the xml...
ID - is autogenerated value.
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ROWSET>
<ROW num="1">
<ID></ID>
<SEQ>
GCATAGTTGTTATGAAGAAATGGAAGAAAAATGCACTCAAAGTTGGGCTGTCAGGCTGTCTGGGGCTGAATTCTGGTGTGACAGTGTGATGAAGCCATCTTTGAGCCTAAATTTGATAATGAGCCAGTCATGATCTGGTTGTGATTACTATAACAAGATTAAATCTGAATAAGAGAGCCACAACTTCTTTAAAGACAGATTGTCAAGTCATTACATGGAAGAGGGAGATTGCTCCTTTGTAAATCAGGCTGTCAGGCCAACTGAATGAAGGACGTCATTGTACAGTAACCTGATGAAGATCAGATCAACCGCTCACCTCGCCG
</SEQ>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
Can anyone identify what's the problem.. and suggest a solution for this..?
Thanks in advance..
Viji

Would you please specify the XDK verison and database version?

I can't import a table contains BLOB column from one user to another user.

1) I create two user both have connect role,and each has its own tablespace, DDL:
create user d2zd identified by d2zd default tablespace d2zd quota unlimited on d2zd account unlock;
grant connect to d2zd;
create user d3zd identified by d3zd default tablespace d3zd quota unlimited on d3zd account unlock;
grant connect to d3zd;
2)Then enter oracle as d2zd and create a table contains BLOB column and insert data to the table.
3) export d2zd as follow:
exp d2zd/d2zd file=d2zd.dmp
4) import to d3zd as follow:
imp d3zd/d3zd fromuser=d2zd touser=d3zd file=d2zd.dmp
the question is the table with BOLB colum can't be import,
it says:have no privilege on tablespace d2zd.
How can I import a table contains BLOB column from one user to another user?

Hi - the reason for as our friend already told ist that a blob can be stored outside of the table segment, in another Tablespace, This is for performance reason.
Sou you would need to have Quota on two tablespaces.
the one which holds the table segment the other which holds the blob(segment).
Regards
Carl
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kreitsch

Convert a column from CLOB to BLOB

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