Github user DaveBirdsall commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-trafodion/pull/1354#discussion_r157883840
--- Diff: docs/lob_guide/src/asciidoc/_chapters/working_with_lob.adoc ---
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ The source for inserting into a LOB can be any of the
following:
An unnamed parameter can be used to prepare a statement and then during an
execution, either a function or a simple string parameter can be passed in
which will be converted to LOB data.
* `EMPTY_BLOB()` or `EMPTY_CLOB()`
++
+NOTE: If you want to insert `EMPTY_BLOB()` or `EMPTY_CLOB()` into a lob
column, the CQD `TRAF_CLOB_AS_VARCHAR` which is *ON* by default must be turned
*OFF* before creating the table.
--- End diff --
You may want to elaborate: The CQD must be 'ON' at the time the table with
the BLOB / CLOB column is created. (Otherwise the table is created with a
VARCHAR.)
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