Oracle CLOB can't insert beyond 4000 character?

Question

How to insert more than 4000 characters to CLOB type column?

--create test table s
create table s
(
      a clob
);
insert into s values(\'>4000 char\')
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Answer 1

Use a clob column and use sqlldr to import the data from a csv.

sqldeveloper can generate the necessary control .ctl script for you.