> All I need to do is determine
> if a particular string ('.com') pattern exists in the
> column, within the first 75 bytes, and return its
> starting position.
The secret is the built-in DBMS_LOB.INSTR.
Haven't actually run this code, but something along these lines ought to
work:
DECLARE
lobloc BLOB;
rawstr RAW := UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW('.com'); /* notice, case sensitive!
*/
pos PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
SELECT lobcol INTO lobloc WHERE primary_key = 'whatever';
pos := DBMS_LOB.INSTR(lobloc, rawstr);
IF pos > 0 and pos <= 75
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('found it!');
END IF;
END;
/
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