Print CLOB content out as is in Oracle SQL script

Question

To start with here is the bigger picture of the task I\'m trying to do. I need to create a xml file from the results of the particular SQL request and store it in a file on the

Answer 1

You can add a delimiter and print out 254 characters, then in notepad++ (in extended mode ~\r\n) replace this delimiter :

 loop exit when l_offset > dbms_lob.getlength(v_xml);
   DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (dbms_lob.substr( v_xml, 254, l_offset) || '~');
   l_offset := l_offset + 255;
  end loop;