Read data from CLOB data type

How can I read the data in my 8k CLOB column ? This column has been created as 'inline' but since the size is >4K, I think it is stored offline.
All subprograms in dbms_lob package read the data as "(CLOB)" and give me the length as 6, rather than giving me the real data.

Any suggestions/comments ?

If you inserted data greater than 4k in size, then it got stored out-of-line. Are you saying that DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(<clob_column>) is showing 6K?

Have you tried to select * from <table_name>;

Anyway, if you want to read the CLOB from PL/SQL, the following should work:

Code:

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CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE readLOB_proc IS
    Lob_loc          BLOB;
    Buffer            RAW(32767);
    Amount            BINARY_INTEGER := 32767;
    Position          INTEGER := 1000;
    Chunksize        INTEGER;
BEGIN
  SELECT <clob_column> INTO Lob_loc
      FROM <table_name>;
  Chunksize := DBMS_LOB.GETCHUNKSIZE(Lob_loc);
  IF (Chunksize < 32767) THEN
      Amount := (32767 / Chunksize) * Chunksize;
  END IF;
  DBMS_LOB.READ (Lob_loc, Amount, Position, Buffer);
END;

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