21.11 GET_CLOB_OUTPUT Function

Returns the temporary CLOB that you created with INITIALIZE_CLOB_OUTPUT.

Syntax

function get_clob_output
    return clob;

Example

This example configures APEX_JSON for CLOB output, generate JSON, print the CLOB with DBMS_OUTPUT, and finally free the CLOB.

BEGIN
  apex_json.initialize_clob_output;

  apex_json.open_object;
  apex_json.write('hello', 'world');
  apex_json.close_object;

  dbms_output.put_line(apex_json.get_clob_output);

 apex_json.free_output;
 END;