Masking Data for CLOB columns

Hi Guys,
We have a CLOB column in our PNR database with the complete PNR details as below (all information has been changed ):
<PNR><PNR_Body>AXYDFB -ETKT-
REC LOC HDQ1P37EJNM/XAV/24639860/CHI/1P/T/US/USD/GS
HDQ RM 1P 01OCT0000Z
1.1TEST/ONE
1 VS3011N 14DEC SA LHREDI HK1 1950. 2120. 03C*
2 VS3002N 18DEC WE EDILHR HK1 0910. 1040. 03C*
FONE-
1.LHR*[email protected]/N000
2.LHR72582/H530
3.LHR8200144*I24639860 ORBITZ/A877
4.LHR3072582/H415
TKT-T/TBC/CCAX379461823464012/12/72601233655/0001/$
GEN FAX- *TKN/SSR FOR TKT NBRS
1.OSI YY BF0.00 TX141.10 TF141.10 PADT@FSR
2.SSRSEATVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.03CN/RS
3.SSRSEATVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.03CN/RS
4.SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 141013
5.SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
6.SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 141013
7.SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
8.SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 141013
9.SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
10.SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 141013
11.SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
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A3 SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 142313
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
RCVD-VSWEBSERVICE
CRC SU X1 01OCT0001Z D23B06 VS
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 142313
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 142313
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
RCVD-VSWEBSERVICE
CRC SU X1 01OCT0001Z AXYDFB VS
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 142313
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1LHREDI3011N14DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.UNTKTD VS SEGS MAY CANX 142313
A3 SSROTHSVSKK1EDILHR3002N18DEC.TKT PER FARE RULES TO AVOID ADM
RCVD-VSWEBSERVICE
CRC SU X1 01OCT0001Z D12B06 VS
A3 SSRTKNEVSHK1LHREDI3011N14DEC-1TEST/ONE.4444123456C1
A3 SSRTKNEVSHK1EDILHR3002N18DEC-1TEST/ONE.4444123456C2
RCVD-AXYDFB7EJNM/XAV/24623860/CHI/1P/T/US/USD/GS
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B7   *   1TEST/JA LHR TO EDI N 28Z*
NEXT FLIGHT AT EDI FLT 3002 18DEC HK1 0910. 1040.   N CLASS
B2   *   1TEST/JA EDI TO LHR N 23D*</Seating><ETicket_Info>AXYDFB -ETKT-      CPN FLIGHT DATE CLS FRM TO STATUS     ISSUE
1. TEST/ONE 1. VS 3011 14DEC N LHREDI             1P
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FP CCAX44443333222211110/9306/142323
CHI 1P RS 01OCT0042Z 999999 VS
***END OF DISPLAY***                                            </ETicket_History><Fare_Quote>NO FQ DATA EXISTS</Fare_Quote><Fare_History>NO FQ DATA EXISTS</Fare_History><APIS>*NO APIS TO DISPLAY</APIS><Queue_History>SYSQ/IET/00
-Q SSRTKNE 01OCT0042Z </Queue_History></PNR>
Please can somebody suggest how I can browse through each row of the data identify credit card numbers (that we will be doing as per the business requirements from business) mask the numbers and put that back at the orignal location as it was.
Please can somebody explain me considering "44443333222211110" was a credit card number and requires to be masked.
Thanks,
Shaz

Here's a function you can use on 9i
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION mask_cc_nums(i_clob CLOB)
RETURN CLOB IS
-- function to scan a clob and anywhere it finds a string of 16 consecutive numerics
-- replace then with 16 *'s
v_charpos PLS_INTEGER := 0;
v_outclob CLOB;
v_inlen    PLS_INTEGER := dbms_lob.getlength(i_clob);
BEGIN
v_outclob := i_clob;
WHILE v_charpos+16 <= v_inlen LOOP
    v_charpos := least(CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'0',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'0',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'1',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'1',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'2',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'2',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'3',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'3',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'4',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'4',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'5',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'5',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'6',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'6',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'7',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'7',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'8',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'8',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END
                      ,CASE WHEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'9',v_charpos+1) > 0
                            THEN dbms_lob.instr(v_outclob,'9',v_charpos+1)
                            ELSE v_inlen+1
                       END);
    IF v_charpos <= v_inlen-16 AND
       TRANSLATE(SUBSTR(v_outclob,v_charpos,16),' 0123456789',' ') IS NULL
    THEN
      v_outclob := SUBSTR(v_outclob,1,v_charpos-1)||'****************'||SUBSTR(v_outclob,v_charpos+16);
    END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN v_outclob;
END;

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I want to create a column chart with four quarters in the current year and one column with the rest later in time.
One project can have multiple output data. They are separated by an ;
The notation of the outputdata can be a date (d-m-yyyy), a month (mm-yyyy) or a quarter (Q1-yyyy).
This is by example the available data.
Project              outputdata
Project 1           1-4-2014
Project 2           03-2014;Q4-2014;Q2-2015
Project 3           25-09-2014;Q1-2015
The data I want to get for the column chart is:
Project              outputdata                    columnchart
Project 1           1-4-2014                       Q2-2014
Project 2           03-2014                        Q1-2014
Project 2           Q4-2014                       Q4-2014
Project 2           Q2-2015                       2015 and later
Project 3           25-09-2014                   Q3-2014
Project 3           Q1-2015                       2015 and later
I hope that someone can help me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance,
Els

Adding to what Frank has already suggested, try something on these lines:
Something like this?
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 with x2 as(
2     select 'proj1' proj, '1-4-2014' op, NULL chart from dual UNION ALL
3     select 'proj2' proj, '03-2014' op, NULL chart from dual UNION ALL
4     select 'proj2' proj, 'Q4-2014' op, NULL chart from dual UNION ALL
5     select 'proj2' proj, 'Q2-2015' op, NULL chart from dual UNION ALL
6     select 'proj3' proj, '25-09-2014' op, NULL chart from dual UNION ALL
7     select 'proj3' proj, 'Q1-2015' op, NULL chart from dual
8 )
9 select
10     proj,
11     op,
12     case
13     when regexp_like(op,'((\d{1}|\d{2})-(\d{1}|\d{2})-(\d{4}))')
14     then
15             'Q'||TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(op,'dd-mm-yyyy'),'Q')||'-'||TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(op,'dd-mm-yyyy'),'yyyy')
16     when regexp_like(op, 'Q\d{1}-\d{4}')
17     then
18             CASE
19             when SUBSTR(op,-4,4) > 2014
20             then
21                     SUBSTR(op,-4,4)||' and later'
22             else
23                     op
24             end
25     when regexp_like(op, '\d{2}-\d{4}')
26     then
27             'Q'||TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(op,'mm-yyyy'),'Q')||'-'||TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(op,'mm-yyyy'),'yyyy')
28     end
29* from x2
SQL> /
PROJ       OP                   CASEWHENREGEXP
proj1      1-4-2014             Q2-2014
proj2      03-2014              Q1-2014
proj2      Q4-2014              Q4-2014
proj2      Q2-2015              2015 and later
proj3      25-09-2014           Q3-2014
proj3      Q1-2015              2015 and later
6 rows selected.

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Hi
Thank you for youe help, I found the solution and here what i do in my Control file i added
char(40000) OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' .
LOAD DATA
INTO TABLE TEMP
APPEND
FIELDS TERMINATED BY X'9' TRAILING NULLCOLS
CODE,
DESC,
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INCREASE,
COUNTRY,
DEST
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IS_SAT,
IS_SUN
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