Line break as SQL terminator?

Hi,
I typically build up a large worksheet of SQL statements and it is a pain in the neck to have all of them as properly formed SQL along with a semi-colon. Sometimes also plain text is pasted in to be used as literal values in SQL but in itself is not a statement.
Is there anyway to for SQLDev to treat a return with blank line in the same way it would a semi-colon? If the SQL is malformed I want it to leave that whole block alone and just execute the current block of SQL that the cursor resides in.
Brenden

If you highlight (select) the statement or part of it, only that will be parsed and executed.
If you don't, you do understand sqldev has to parse the whole block to know the beginning and end of the statement. Without semi-colons, it assumes the statement continues...
Have fun,
K.

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Why would white space and line breaks in sql query increase runtime

Using 11.2.0.3.0 on unix sprac server, 8 cpus 32 cores 12TB storage. We have 16 batch servers doing inserts and ~100 users doing mostly queries.
We have a wierd issue, we have a long query that takes 30 seconds to run 1st time then 10-20 secs every other time. Based on knowledge of DB we expected it to take a lot less. Then a developer reformatted it by taking removing extra white space and line breaks. all of sudden query takes 6 secs first time and 0.8 every other time. we tripled checked to ensure they are identical and that only difference is white space and line breaks. We tried it with SQLDeveloper, TOAD, SQLPLUS, from out desktops, appserver. we could reproduce it every time, with white space 10-20 secs without it 0.8 secs. Query is 200 lines long with white space 30 without it.
Why would having white space make such a dramatic difference? because the query is longer eventhough its identical? We checked parsing times, etc, no difference. Is there some network setting, oracle parameter, sqlnet setting? We spent hours looking on google and found nother
Slow:
SELECT grt_student.student_id
AS student_id,
grt_student.last_name
AS last_name,
grt_student.first_name
AS first_name,
grt_buyerinstance.buyerinstance_id
AS buyerinstance_id,
grt_buyerinstance.buyerfamily_id
AS buyerfamily_id,
grt_buyer.buyerfamily_acronym
AS buyerfamily_acronym,
grt_reporting_utls_pkg.convert_gmrt_battery(grt_buyerinstance.buyerfamily_id,grt_buyer.battery)
AS battery,
fast:
SELECT grt_student.student_id
AS student_id, grt_student.last_name
AS last_name, grt_student.first_name   AS first_name, grt_buyerinstance.buyerinstance_id   AS buyerinstance_id, grt_buyerinstance.buyerfamily_id
AS buyerfamily_id,
grt_buyer.buyerfamily_acronym AS buyerfamily_acronym, grt_reporting_utls_pkg.convert_gmrt_battery(grt_buyerinstance.buyerfamily_id,grt_buyer.battery)   AS battery,

Do you have some sort of horrific network connection between the client and the database such that it would take 8.5 seconds to transmit a few kb of SQL to the server? That seems most unlikely.
How are you determining the query plan? Are you absolutely sure that both SQL statements have the same plan_hash_value when they are actually executed (not just when you generate a query plan without executing it)? What are the differences in wait events when you execute the two?
The sql_id will change when you add or remove whitespace. There are various methods of modifying query plans that are tied to a sql_id. My wager would be that you have a profile/ outline/ etc. that is not there for the reformatted one which is causing a query plan difference. My next guess is that you have an accepted plan for the old statement, you haven't set up a process to let the plan evolve, and the reformatted statement starts with the plan that the old statement would get if you allowed the plan to evolve.
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Unexpected line breaks in output of a sql query

Hi,
I have a query which looks like:
set pages 0
set feed off
set newp 0
set lines 350
select LPAD(SUBSTR(COLUMN1,1,23),23),LPAD(SUBSTR(COLUMN2,1,42),42), SUBSTR(TO_CHAR(START_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS'),1,8),SUBSTR(TO_CHAR(END_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS'),1,8)
FROM TABLE1;
When executed using SQL*Plus this query puts a line break after each column and hence I get a record on several rows on the screen.
But the last two columns are printed on the same line. I suspect the LPAD is causing some problem.
I have two databases. It works perfectly on one and not on the other.
Is there a oracle parameter due to which the result is affected?
T&R,
BRK

Try this:
set pages 0 feed off newp 0 lines 350 trims on
select LPAD(SUBSTR(COLUMN1,1,23),23)
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     , TO_CHAR(START_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS')
     , TO_CHAR(END_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS')
FROM TABLE1;

Convert rows to columns and put line break in between using t-sql

Hi,
I have a table with 5 columns..and my source data looks like this..
RecordID ID Display AddressType EmailAddress
 1 1 GeneratedBy From
[email protected]
 1 1 ReceivedBy To
[email protected]
 1 1 ReceivedBy To
[email protected]
 2 1
 3 1 GeneratedBy From
[email protected]
 3 1 GeneratedBy From [email protected]
 3 1 ReceivedBy To
[email protected]
I need t-sql to show output as..
RecordID ID FullDisplay
 1 1 GeneratedBy From -
[email protected] < CHAR(13) - Need Line Break here so that it goes to 2nd line>
 ReceivedBy To -
[email protected] ; To -
[email protected]
 2 1 Null
 3 1 GeneratedBy From -
[email protected] ; From -
[email protected] < CHAR(13) - Need Line Break here so that it goes to 2nd line>
 ReceivedBy To -
[email protected]
Display field will have 3 values - "GeneratedBy" , "ReceivedBy" or Null
AddresType field will have 3 values - "From" , "To" and Null.
In the above example, Those 7 records belongs to ID=1.
Whenever RecordID is same I want to show everything in one line with line breaks in between.
In the above example RecordID=1 has 3 rows, display it as 1 row. But Whenever 'ReceivedBy' is there for same recordID put a line break before "ReceivedBy"
create Statement:
Create Table SampleTest
(RecordID int null, ID int null , Dispplay varchar(20) null, AddressType varchar(6) null , EmailAddress Varchar(25) null)
Insert Statement:
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (1,1,'GeneratedBy','From','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (1,1,'ReceivedBy','To','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (1,1,'ReceivedBy','To','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (2,1, Null,Null,Null)
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (3,1,'GeneratedBy','From','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (3,1,'GeneratedBy','From','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (3,1,'ReceivedBy','To','[email protected]')
Thanks!
sql

Try below
drop table SampleTest
GO
Create Table SampleTest
(RecordID int null, ID int null , Display varchar(20) null, AddressType varchar(6) null , EmailAddress Varchar(25) null)
--Insert Statement:
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (1,1,'GeneratedBy','From','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (1,1,'ReceivedBy','To','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (1,1,'ReceivedBy','To','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (2,1, Null,Null,Null)
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (3,1,'GeneratedBy','From','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (3,1,'GeneratedBy','From','[email protected]')
Insert into SampleTest (RecordID ,ID,Display,AddressType,EmailAddress) values (3,1,'ReceivedBy','To','[email protected]')
with CTE1 as
select ROW_NUMBER() over(PARTITION by RecordID ,ID,Display order by EmailAddress)rno,* From SampleTest
), CTE2 as (
select RecordID ,ID,'GeneratedBy '+ STUFF(( SELECT '; From - ' + EmailAddress AS [text()]
FROM CTE1 b
WHERE
a.RecordID=b.RecordID and a.ID=b.ID and b.Display = 'GeneratedBy'
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 2, '' ) GeneratedBy,
'ReceivedBy '+ STUFF(( SELECT '; To - ' + EmailAddress AS [text()]
FROM CTE1 b
WHERE
a.RecordID=b.RecordID and a.ID=b.ID and b.Display = 'ReceivedBy'
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 2, '' ) ReceivedBy
From CTE1 a
group by RecordID ,ID
select RecordID ,ID,GeneratedBy +CHAR(13)+ ReceivedBy as FullDisplay from CTE2
Thanks
Saravana Kumar C

How to line break in an SQL Report

I have a simple SQL report with many columns that make the window very wide and the use has to scroll horizontally quite a lot.
How can I make the line break after some column?
Can someone give me a live example for that?

Custom report template then is your answer.. Without seeing your initial report it would be hard to give you the code fully. However, if you open the standard report template for your theme, you could save it as a new template and edit it accordingly. You would find the column you wish to break on and create a new <tr> .. </tr> under the <td> definition..
Thank you,
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Webster, TX

Unwanted Line Breaks in PL/SQL CODE after 'CREATE OR REPLACE' statements

Does anybody know how to keep SQL Developer from automatically editing PL/SQL code and adding line breaks after 'CREATE OR REPLACE' statements?
It keeps taking:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE DEVELOPER AUTHID DEFINER
And turns it into:
create or replace
package developer AUTHID DEFINER
This unwanted linebreak causes our autodeployment processes to break.
Thanks,
Michael Dunn
University of Notre Dame
Edited by: user9133268 on Feb 21, 2012 8:00 AM

Hi Michael,
I believe nothing for this issue has progressed since it was asked here:
2.1 RC Extra Line Breaks
As there may be approval for some planned improvements to the SQL Formatter feature in 3.2, I logged an enhancement request for you:
Bug 13744858 - FORUM: UNWANTED LINE BREAK AFTER CREATE OR REPLACE SYNTAX
Regards,
Gary
SQL Developer Team
Edited by: Gary Graham on Feb 21, 2012 4:19 PM
But if you have control over your auto-deployment process code, it might be quicker to enhance that to deal with CREATE OR REPLACE on the same or the preceding line. Also, note that if you edit the package DDL to put the CREATE OR REPLACE on the same line with the package name in the code editor, then immediately use Export or Save Package Spec and Body to save it to disk, then PACKAGE <name> will appear on the same line as the CREATE OR REPLACE syntax.

Line break in pl/sql block

Here's my code, which indeed, may be cumbersome, but works:
declare
v_id NUMBER;
v_iso VARCHAR2(30);
v_title VARCHAR2(60);
v_approval_req VARCHAR2(10);
v_approved VARCHAR2(10);
v_job_desc VARCHAR2(60);
v_user VARCHAR2(30);
v_get_user VARCHAR2(60) := :P101_USERNAME;
v_get_user2 VARCHAR2(60) := :P101_USERNAME;
v_num_docs NUMBER;
v_num_rejected NUMBER;
v_count NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN
CASE v_get_user
WHEN :P101_USERNAME THEN
SELECT COUNT(*) into v_num_docs
FROM doc_info, sh_job_description, sh_employees
WHERE doc_info.owner = sh_job_description.job_desc
and sh_job_description.job_desc_id = sh_employees.job_desc_id
and UPPER(doc_info.approval_req) = 'YES'
and (doc_info.approved is null
or UPPER(doc_info.approved) = 'NO')
and sh_employees.user_name = :P101_USERNAME
and sh_employees.user_name <> 'SH_LOCAL';
if v_num_docs > 0 then
htp.bold('You have '||v_num_docs||' document(s) to approve. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to do so.');
end if;
END CASE;
CASE v_get_USER2
WHEN :P101_USERNAME THEN
SELECT COUNT(*) into v_num_rejected
FROM doc_info, sh_job_description, sh_employees
WHERE doc_info.owner = sh_job_description.job_desc
and sh_job_description.job_desc_id = sh_employees.job_desc_id
and UPPER(doc_info.approval_req) = 'YES'
and UPPER(doc_info.approved) = 'REJECTED'
and sh_employees.user_name = :P101_USERNAME
and sh_employees.user_name <> 'SH_LOCAL';
if v_num_rejected > 0 then
htp.bold('You have '||v_num_rejected ||' rejected document(s) that have had updates made per your request. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to review the changes, then approve if all changes are accepted.');
end if;
END CASE;
exception when others then null;
END;Here's the output:
You have 4 document(s) to approve. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to do so. *\n*You have 1 rejected document(s) that have had updates made per your request. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to review the changes, then approve if all changes are accepted. I have entered a bold /n where I need a line break. Silly, but I've tried many combos of \n and the break with a br and this < and this > (I can't get the real thing to post), concatenating and not, but haven't come up with it.
Off to lunch now, back in an hour.
TIA!!!!!

userRRRYB wrote:
Here's my codeFrom where? APEX version? Region? Process? Example on apex.oracle.com?
Fixed. I split it up into two different items, created a region for each, and placed the regions in position 1.Sounds like a lot of extra work.
I have entered a bold /n where I need a line break. Silly, but I've tried many combos of \n and the break with a br and this < and this > (I can't get the real thing to post), concatenating and not, but haven't come up with it.
How about instead of the \n, trying a chr(10) and possibly adding a chr(13)?
I've tried your exampleand htp.p(chr(13)); and suggestions?The HTML specification instructs user agents to collapse white space characters, so however many spaces, tabs, new lines, or carriage returns you add, using whatever notation, only a single space will actually be displayed.
>
htp.bold('You have '||v_num_docs||' document(s) to approve. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to do so.');
htp.bold('You have '||v_num_rejected ||' rejected document(s) that have had updates made per your request. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to review the changes, then approve if all changes are accepted.');It's also specified that inline elements can't contain block-level elements. <tt>b</tt> (as generated by <tt>htp.bold</tt>) is an inline element, while <tt>p</tt></a> is block-level.
In 2011 don't use any <tt>htf/htp</tt> element methods: the HTML generated by these packages is based on an archaic, unadopted HTML version and produces mark-up that is not valid for the XHTML DOCTYPEs used in APEX 4.0 themes. APEX itself stopped using them years ago.
Not knowing where in the page this information is intended to display, it's always safer to assume there is no open block-level container and provide one (such as <tt>div</tt> or <tt>p</tt>) in the emitted mark-up. Does
htp.p('You have '||v_num_docs||' document(s) to approve. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to do so.');
htp.p('You have '||v_num_rejected ||' rejected document(s) that have had updates made per your request. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to review the changes, then approve if all changes are accepted.');produce the required layout?
exception when others then null;Disaster waiting to happen.
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2006/08/ouch-that-hurts.html
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2007/03/dreaded-others-then-null-strikes-again.html
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-do-people-do-this.html
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2008/06/when-others-then-null-redux.html

How to add a new line in SMS(Line Break).

Hi All,
I need to send SMS from PL\SQL Procedure
The problem i have been facing is that the string being passed in as sms content is not parsing a newline character.
It shows all content in one line.
I need to break them in several lines.
Give me a direction how to add a new line in SMS.
Regards,
Raj.

Hi,
Sure, Here it is
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE APPS.AUTO_SMS_RTV_REPORT
IS
sender VARCHAR2(1000);
recipient VARCHAR2(1000);
message VARCHAR2(4000);
sub VARCHAR2(1000) := 'HELLO';
dt1 varchar2(1000) := to_char(sysdate,'DD-MON-YY');
mailhost VARCHAR2(30) := '10.7.7.xxx';
mail_conn UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION;
v_crlf VARCHAR2(2) := CHR(13)||CHR(10);
CURSOR cur_Rejection_Records IS
 SELECT DISTINCT
 rt.VENDOR_SITE_ID ,
 pvs.email_address VENDOR_MAIL_ID ,
 pvs.PHONE vendor_contact_no ,
 hre.EMAIL_ADDRESS Employee_mail_id ,
 hre.FULL_NAME
 FROM apps.rcv_transactions rt,
 apps.po_vendors pv,
 apps.po_vendor_sites_all pvs,
 apps.mtl_transaction_reasons mtr,
 apps.fnd_user fu,
 apps.hr_employees hre
 WHERE transaction_type = 'RETURN TO VENDOR'
 --AND TRUNC(rt.transaction_date) = TRUNC(SYSDATE)
 AND rt.vendor_id = pv.vendor_id
 AND rt.vendor_site_id = pvs.vendor_site_id
 AND rt.REASON_ID = mtr.REASON_ID(+)
 AND fu.user_id = rt.last_updated_by
 AND hre.EMPLOYEE_ID = fu.EMPLOYEE_ID
 AND TRANSACTION_ID IN (
 11902189,
 11902253,
 11902148)
BEGIN
 FOR rec_Rejection_Records IN cur_Rejection_Records
 LOOP
 Begin
 sender := '<[email protected]>';
 recipient := rec_Rejection_Records.vendor_contact_no || '@aaaa.com';
 mail_conn := utl_smtp.open_connection(mailhost, 8025);
 utl_smtp.helo(mail_conn, mailhost);
 utl_smtp.mail(mail_conn, sender);
 utl_smtp.rcpt(mail_conn, recipient);
 utl_smtp.DATA( mail_conn,
 'Date: ' || TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'Dy, DD Mon YYYY hh24:mi:ss') || utl_tcp.crlf ||
 'From: ' || sender || utl_tcp.crlf ||
 'Subject: '|| sub || utl_tcp.crlf ||
 'To: ' || recipient || utl_tcp.crlf ||
 utl_tcp.crlf ||
 'Dear Supplier,'||CHR(10)|| utl_tcp.crlf ||'\\\0x0A'|| -- HERE I NEED LINE BREAK
 'Please.'|| utl_tcp.crlf
 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Yep !!! SMS Sent Sucessfully :) ');
 utl_smtp.quit(mail_conn);
 EXCEPTION
 WHEN UTL_SMTP.PERMANENT_ERROR THEN
 dbms_output.put_line('Error - ' || SQLCODE || ' - ' || SQLERRM);
 WHEN OTHERS THEN
 dbms_output.put_line('Error - ' || SQLCODE || ' - ' || SQLERRM);
 END;
 END LOOP;
END AUTO_SMS_RTV_REPORT;
/

How to handle line break embeded inside CSV column

Hi there,
I am under the pressure to make it work. I already put this question on APEX forum, but on second thought, I think it relates more to PL/SQL rather than APEX since APEX 4.1 already have utility to handle CSV Upload.
If you read it already in APEX forum, please ignore.
I am sorry for that. Thanks for reading.
I need to develop an app that allows user to upload CSV file to a interface table.
The APEX version at my workplace is 4.0.2.
I used the code from
http://dbswh.webhop.net/htmldb/f?p=BLOG:READ:0::::ARTICLE:11000346061523
It all works well till recently I find out
If a column in a CSV file cotain a line break (or new line) e.g. (The tester copy and paste this text which has line break into a column in a spreadsheet)
This is the first sentence.
This is the second sentence.
It will break the “This is the second sentence”. To a new column.
The contents of the CSV viewed in Notepad look as below
Assessment Date,Scheduled Date,Assessment Provider,Assessor Name,Court,First Name,Middle Name,Last Name,PRN Person Record Number,NHI Number,Defendant Attended Y/N,Is Dependent Y/N,Notes,Primary Ethnicity,"Ethnicity Other, please specify",Gender,Currently in Treatment Y/N,Substance of Concern 5,Other Substance Specified
22/09/2012,,Provider Co Name,Warren Edgley,Wellington,,,Salty,2545554,dgsdf,ergerg,,"This is the first sentence.
This is the second sentence.",Japanese,,Female,b,,
Here is the code from the CSV UTIL, please help me to find out how can I replace the line break to a space so that the uploading process is correct.
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY "CSV_UTIL"
AS
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 FUNCTION de_quote (p_str IN VARCHAR2, p_enc_by IN VARCHAR2)
 RETURN VARCHAR2
 IS
 v_str VARCHAR2(32767) := p_str;
 BEGIN
 IF (p_enc_by IS NULL)
 THEN
 RETURN p_str;
 ELSE
 IF SUBSTR(p_str,-1) = p_enc_by THEN
 v_str := SUBSTR(p_str,1,LENGTH(p_str)-1);
 END IF;
 IF SUBSTR(p_str,1,1) = p_enc_by THEN
 v_str := SUBSTR(v_str,2);
 END IF;
 RETURN REPLACE (v_str,
 p_enc_by || p_enc_by,
 p_enc_by
 END IF;
 END de_quote;
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 IS
 l_n NUMBER DEFAULT 1;
 l_in_quote BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE;
 l_ch NCHAR (1);
 l_len NUMBER DEFAULT NVL (LENGTH (p_str), 0);
 BEGIN
 IF (l_len = 0)
 THEN
 RETURN;
 END IF;
 g_words := g_empty;
 g_words (1) := NULL;
 FOR i IN 1 .. l_len
 LOOP
 l_ch := SUBSTR (p_str, i, 1);
 IF (l_ch = p_enc_by)
 THEN
 l_in_quote := NOT l_in_quote;
 END IF;
 IF (l_ch = p_sep AND NOT l_in_quote)
 THEN
 l_n := l_n + 1;
 g_words (l_n) := NULL;
 ELSE
 g_words (l_n) := g_words (l_n) || l_ch;
 END IF;
 END LOOP;
 g_words (l_n) := de_quote (g_words (l_n), CHR(10));
 g_words (l_n) := de_quote (g_words (l_n), CHR(13));
 FOR i IN 1 .. l_n
 LOOP
 g_words (i) := de_quote (g_words (i), p_enc_by);
 END LOOP;
 END parse;
Author: Oleg Lihvoinen
Company: DbSWH
Changes:
10.02.2011, There was a miscalculation of the file line last position in case it is the end of file
 PROCEDURE upload (p_file_name VARCHAR2, p_collection_name VARCHAR2, p_enc_by IN VARCHAR2, p_sep_by IN VARCHAR2, p_rows NUMBER)
 IS
 v_blob_data BLOB;
 v_clob_data CLOB;
 v_clob_len NUMBER;
 v_position NUMBER;
 v_char NCHAR (1);
 c_chunk_len NUMBER := 1;
 v_line VARCHAR2 (32767) := NULL;
 v_data_array vcarray;
 v_rows NUMBER := 0;
 n_seq NUMBER := 1;
 dest_offset NUMBER := 1;
 src_offset NUMBER := 1;
 amount INTEGER := DBMS_LOB.lobmaxsize;
 blob_csid NUMBER := DBMS_LOB.default_csid;
 lang_ctx INTEGER := DBMS_LOB.default_lang_ctx;
 warning INTEGER;
 l_sep VARCHAR2(100) := CASE WHEN p_sep_by = '\t' THEN chr(9) ELSE p_sep_by END;
 BEGIN
 htmldb_collection.create_or_truncate_collection
 (p_collection_name => p_collection_name);
 -- Read blob from wwv_flow_files
 SELECT blob_content
 INTO v_blob_data
 FROM wwv_flow_files
 WHERE NAME = p_file_name;
 v_position := 1;
 DBMS_LOB.createtemporary (lob_loc => v_clob_data,
 CACHE => TRUE,
 dur => DBMS_LOB.SESSION
 DBMS_LOB.converttoclob (v_clob_data,
 v_blob_data,
 amount,
 dest_offset,
 src_offset,
 blob_csid,
 lang_ctx,
 warning
 v_clob_len := DBMS_LOB.getlength (v_clob_data);
 IF v_clob_len = 0 THEN
 RETURN;
 END IF;
 WHILE (v_position <= v_clob_len + 1)
 LOOP
 v_char := DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR (v_clob_data, c_chunk_len, v_position);
 v_line := v_line || v_char;
 v_position := v_position + c_chunk_len;
 -- When the whole line is retrieved and not end of file or end of file
 IF v_char = CHR (10) AND v_position < v_clob_len OR v_position = v_clob_len + 1
 THEN
 parse (p_str => v_line, p_enc_by => p_enc_by, p_sep => l_sep);
 v_data_array := g_words;
 FOR i IN 1..g_words.count LOOP
 IF i <= 50 THEN
 v_data_array(i) := g_words(i);
 ELSE
 exit;
 END IF;
 END LOOP;
 FOR i IN g_words.count + 1..50 LOOP
 v_data_array(i) := null;
 END LOOP;
 v_rows := v_rows + 1;
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 IF p_rows IS NOT NULL AND v_rows > p_rows THEN
 EXIT;
 END IF;
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 htmldb_collection.add_member
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 (1),
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 (2),
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 (3),
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 (4),
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 (5),
 p_c006 => v_data_array
 (6),
 p_c007 => v_data_array
 (7),
 p_c008 => v_data_array
 (8),
 p_c009 => v_data_array
 (9),
 p_c010 => v_data_array
 (10),
 p_c011 => v_data_array
 (11),
 p_c012 => v_data_array
 (12),
 p_c013 => v_data_array
 (13),
 p_c014 => v_data_array
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 p_c015 => v_data_array
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 p_c016 => v_data_array
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 (20),
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 p_c023 => v_data_array
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 p_c024 => v_data_array
 (24),
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Ann586341 wrote:
I think the code split the whole thing by this line
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It should work by toggling a flag whether you are "within" the quotes or not and then replacing CHR(10) with a space if you are within a text column.
This way we avoid having to go through the clob more than once (it is enough that this code walks the clob one character at a time...)
It will not handle if the clob contains situations like:
{code}
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{code}
Escaped quotes would need separate attention ;-)

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