Github user DaveBirdsall commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-trafodion/pull/1229#discussion_r138770192
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+[#work with lob]
+= Work with LOB
+
+[#create a sql table with lob columns]
+== Create a SQL Table with LOB Columns
+
+When creating a SQL table with LOB columns, following relevant tables and
files are created as well:
+
+* One LOB MD table.
+* Two dependent descriptor tables.
+* HDFS data file (locates at /user/trafodion/lobs) for each column.
+
+[#syntax]
+== Syntax
+
+```
+CREATE TABLE table-name (lob-column-spec[, lob-column-spec]â¦)
+```
+
+```
+lob-column-spec is:
+column {lob type}
+
+lob type is:
+BLOB | CLOB [({numeric literal} [unit])] [STORAGE 'storage literal']
+
+unit is:
+empty |
+K |
+M |
+G
+```
+
+[#semantics]
+=== Semantics
+
+* `_storage literal_`
+
++
+Currently Trafodion only support `'EXTERNAL'` here.
+
++
+External LOB object that are not managed by Trafodion.
+
+* `_empty_`
+
++
+Number of bytes specified by the numeric literal.
+
+* `_K_`
+
++
+Numeric literal value * 1024.
+
+* `_M_`
+
++
+Numeric literal value * 1024 * 1024.
+
+* `_G_`
+
++
+Numeric literal value * 1024 * 1024 * 1024.
+
+[#examples]
+=== Examples
+
+* This example creates a table tlob1 with 2 columns and primary key on the
c1.
+
++
+
+```
+CREATE TABLE tlob1 (c1 INT NOT NULL, c2 BLOB, PRIMARY KEY (c1));
+```
+
+* This example creates a table tlob2 with 3 columns and primary key on the
c1.
+
++
+
+```
+CREATE TABLE tlob2 (c1 INT NOT NULL, c2 BLOB, c3 CLOB, PRIMARY KEY (c1));
+```
+
+* This example creates a table tlob130txt_limit50 with 2 columns and
primary key on the c1.
+
++
+
+```
+CREATE TABLE tlob130txt_limit50 (c1 INT NOT NULL, c2 CLOB(50), PRIMARY KEY
(c1));
+```
+
+* This example creates a table tlob130bin_limit1K with 2 columns and
primary key on the c1.
+
++
+
+```
+CREATE TABLE tlob130bin_limit1K (c1 INT NOT NULL, c2 BLOB(1 K), PRIMARY
KEY (c1));
+```
+
+* This example creates a table tlob130ext with 4 columns and primary key
on the c1.
+
++
+
+```
+CREATE TABLE tlob130ext (c1 INT NOT NULL, c2 BLOB, c3 CLOB, c4 BLOB
STORAGE 'EXTERNAL', PRIMARY KEY (c1));
+```
+
+[#hdfs location of lob data]
+=== HDFS Location of LOB Data
+
+When a LOB table is created, the underlying LOB data needs to be stored in
HDFS.It is in the /user/trafodion/lobs by default.
+
+All columns of a table that are declared as LOB types will have all their
data in one file derived from the Object UID and the LOB number of that column
which gets assigned during creation.
+
+The following is a LOB file with 2 columns you will see 2 files in HDFS:
+
+/user/trafodion/lobs /LOBP_03683514167332904796_0001
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