Sometimes the obvious isn't obvious...
I had the bulk of the query but was just getting hung
up on the "1st 75 bytes" requirement. It never clicked
with me that the instr( ) function in the dbms_log
package already gave me a position and all I needed to
do was simply constrain it with a "between" clause.
The query below won't work with a blob because the
data is stored as binary so the '.com' needs to be
wrapped in the UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW( ) function first
so the datatypes are compatible.
Thanks again!!!!!! :-)
-w
--- Vipul Lakhani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> just a guess but try ....
>
> select dbms_lob.instr(blob_col, '.com')
> from atable
> where dbms_lob.instr(blob_col, '.com') between 0 an
> 75
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> I've been through the documentation on LOBs but am
> still stuck trying to figure out how to interrogate
> the contents of a BLOB.
>
> We have a table with a BLOB column in it. All it
> contains in text data (i.e. memo notes). Why it was
> created as a BLOB and not a CLOB is unknown to me
> and
> done before I was hired. 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.
>
> Would someone help me out? Thanks!
> -w
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