You create a CLOB in Oracle through the database's Structured Query Language, or SQL. Using SQL's "ALTER TABLE" statement, you add a CLOB data item to an existing table in your business' database.

Substitute your your database user name for "user_id," and substitute a particular Oracle database for "database_identifier." SQL*Plus prompts you for your password.

The NEW_VALUE directive allows you to store data retrieved from an Oracle table as a variable inside the SQL*Plus script. Written by Donald Burleson, Contributor June 18, 2002 at 6:01 p.m. PT ...