UNZIP Function

This function extracts and decompresses all the files from a zip archive.

This function is intended for use with the routines in the APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL package and assumes that all of the files in the ZIP archive are in a text format, such as SQL scripts (which must have a .sql extension) or simple README files.

All text content in the ZIP file must be encoded as UTF-8.

Syntax

APEX_EXPORT.UNZIP (
    p_source_zip    IN BLOB )
    RETURN apex_t_export_file;

Parameters

Table 23-5 UNZIP Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_source_zip`	A BLOB containing the zip archive.

Returns

This function returns a table of apex_t_export_file containing the name and contents (converted to text format) of each file from the ZIP archive.

Example

The following example fetches an application archive from a remote URL, extracts the files within it, and prints the type and name of the contained application.

DECLARE
   l_zip blob;
   l_info apex_application_install.t_file_info;
BEGIN
   l_zip := apex_web_service.make_rest_request_b (
                p_url => 'https://www.example.com/apps/f100.zip',
                p_http_method => 'GET' );
   l_info := apex_application_install.get_info (
                   p_source => apex_export.unzip (
                       p_source_zip => l_zip ) );

   sys.dbms_output.put_line (
       apex_string.format (
           p_message => q'~
                        !Type ................. %0
                        !App Name ............. %1
                        !~',
           p0 => l_info.file_type,
           p1 => l_info.app_name,
           p_prefix => '!' ));
END;