Put_line long string

Hi guys
I am trying to ult_file.put_line a long string ~maximum 5000 characters to a file. I think i have exccess the default limit and receive an error. So i extend the maximum character per line by override the utl_file.fopen method. After that it stopped the error, but the output characters are all non readable characters - 扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡扡
Could someone suggest me a solution to insert my long string?
Thank you
Bryan

Procedure Write_to_file(filename in string, orderid in number, orderversion in number) is
f SYS.Utl_File.file_type;
tmporderid number(10);
tmporderversion number(10);
str string(1032);
begin
tmporderid := orderid;
tmporderversion := orderversion;
f := utl_file.fopen('EXPORTDIR2',filename,'W');
FOR s in
(Select SAP_STRING1
FROM BSACC_V_SAP_TABLE_2
where OrderId = tmporderid
AND OrderVersion = tmporderversion )
Loop
utl_file.put_line(f,s.sap_string1||chr(10));
end loop;
utl_file.fclose(f);
end;
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Even if you write a trigger to cut off the excess, you can still get the ORA-12899 error. For example, if table_x.col_1 is defined as VARCHAR2 (10), this statement:
INSERT INTO table_x (col_1) VALUES ('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP');will get the error, even if you have a trigger that says
:NEW.col_1 := SUBSTR (:NEW.col_1, 1, 10);You could define col_1 as VARCHAR2 (4000), and have a trigger that includes the statement show above, to make sure that the actual values will be 10 characters or less. You cound even have a CHECK constraint (LENGH (col_1) <= 10).
Think carefully about what Someoneelse said. Do you really want to throw away part of what users enter, automatically and without any warning? Will that cause confusion?

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