Explanation of a BLOB and a CLOB

Question

I am looking for a real good explanation of a BLOB and CLOB data. I am looking for the great of that explains in plain English.

Answer 1

BLOB's (Binary Large OBject) store binary files: pictures, text, audio files, word documents, etc. Anything you can't read with the human eye. You can't select them via SQL*Plus.

CLOB's (Character Large OBjects) store character data. They are often used to store XML docs, JSON's or just large blocks of formatted or unformatted text.