READ

The READ procedure provides the capability to read a portion of a large object into a buffer.

READ(<lob_loc> { BLOB | CLOB }, <amount> IN OUT BINARY_INTEGER,
  <offset> INTEGER, <buffer> OUT { RAW | VARCHAR2 })

Parameters

lob_loc

Large object locator of the large object to be read.

amount IN

Number of bytes/characters to read.

amount OUT

Number of bytes/characters actually read. If there is no more data to be read, then amount returns 0 and a DATA_NOT_FOUND exception is thrown.

offset

Position to begin reading. The first byte/character is position 1.

buffer

Variable to receive the large object. If lob_loc is a BLOB, then buffer must be RAW. If lob_loc is a CLOB, then buffer must be VARCHAR2.