Oracle CLOB

Question

Is it possible in Oracle 8.1.6 to create a CLOB, read a file from the filesystem into the CLOB, and return the CLOB without connecting to the database?

Answer 1

Of course, you could also write your own Clob implementation. Haven't tried that before though. Something like:
class FileClob implements java.sql.Clob {
    private final File file;
    public FileClob(File file) {
        this.file = file;
    public long length() throws SQLException {
        return this.file.length();
    public Reader getCharacterStream() throws SQLException {
        try {
            return new FileReader(this.file);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            throw new SQLException("File " + this.file.getAbsolutePath() + " not found: " + e);
    // Remaining Clob methods implemented as necessary
    // Or throw SQLException if not supported
}Exactly how many of the Clob methods you'd have to implement without throwing an error would depend on how the Clob is being used. If its read only, it should be fairly easy.
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