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HEXTORAW

Syntax

hextoraw::=

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Text description of hextoraw


Purpose

HEXTORAW converts char containing hexadecimal digits in the CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, or NVARCHAR2 character set to a raw value.


Note:

This function does not support CLOB data directly. However, CLOBs can be passed in as arguments through implicit data conversion. Please refer to "Datatype Comparison Rules" for more information.


Examples

The following example creates a simple table with a raw column, and inserts a hexadecimal value that has been converted to RAW:

CREATE TABLE test (raw_col RAW(10));

INSERT INTO test VALUES (HEXTORAW('7D'));
See Also:

"RAW and LONG RAW Datatypes" and RAWTOHEX