Schema Description
Dim OraSession As OraSession
Dim OraDatabase As OraDatabase
Dim PartDesc As OraClob
Dim AmountRead As Long
Dim buffer As Variant
Dim buf As String
'Create the OraSession Object.
Set OraSession = CreateObject("OracleInProcServer.XOraSession")
'Create the OraDatabase Object.
Set OraDatabase = OraSession.OpenDatabase("ExampleDb",
"scott/tiger", 0&)
'Add PartDesc as an Output parameter and set its initial value.
OraDatabase.Parameters.Add "PartDesc", Null, ORAPARM_OUTPUT
OraDatabase.Parameters("PartDesc").ServerType = ORATYPE_CLOB
'Execute the statement returning 'PartDesc'
OraDatabase.ExecuteSQL ("BEGIN select part_desc into :PARTDESC from
part where part_id = 1 for update NOWAIT; END;")
'Get 'PartDesc' from Parameters collection
Set PartDesc = OraDatabase.Parameters("PartDesc").Value
'Get a free file number
FNum = FreeFile
'Open the file.
Open "Desc.Dat" For Binary As #FNum
'Read entire CLOB value, buffer must be a Variant
AmountRead = PartDesc.Read(buffer)
'put will not allow Variant type
buf = buffer
Put #FNum, , buf
Close FNum
