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timhall/miscellaneous/clob_to_blob.sql

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+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION clob_to_blob (p_data  IN  CLOB)
+  RETURN BLOB
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- File Name    : https://oracle-base.com/dba/miscellaneous/clob_to_blob.sql
+-- Author       : Tim Hall
+-- Description  : Converts a CLOB to a BLOB.
+-- Last Modified: 26/12/2016
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+AS
+  l_blob         BLOB;
+  l_dest_offset  PLS_INTEGER := 1;
+  l_src_offset   PLS_INTEGER := 1;
+  l_lang_context PLS_INTEGER := DBMS_LOB.default_lang_ctx;
+  l_warning      PLS_INTEGER := DBMS_LOB.warn_inconvertible_char;
+BEGIN
+
+  DBMS_LOB.createtemporary(
+    lob_loc => l_blob,
+    cache   => TRUE);
+
+  DBMS_LOB.converttoblob(
+   dest_lob      => l_blob,
+   src_clob      => p_data,
+   amount        => DBMS_LOB.lobmaxsize,
+   dest_offset   => l_dest_offset,
+   src_offset    => l_src_offset, 
+   blob_csid     => DBMS_LOB.default_csid,
+   lang_context  => l_lang_context,
+   warning       => l_warning);
+
+   RETURN l_blob;
+END;
+/