TOCLOBPLSQL

TO_CLOB Function in Oracle SQL – PLSQL

November 27, 2012 by techhoneyadmin

The TO_CLOB function in Oracle SQL / PLSQL is used to convert a LOB value from national character set to database character set.

Syntax for the TO_CLOB function in Oracle SQL / PLSQL is:

SELECT TO_CLOB(expression_1)
FROM table_name;

expression_1 can be CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, NVARCHAR2, CLOB, NCLOB or LOB_COLUMN

Examples:

SELECT TO_CLOB(employee_name)
FROM employee;