27.12 GET_CLOB_OUTPUT Function

Returns the temporary CLOB that you created with INITIALIZE_CLOB_OUTPUT.

Syntax

FUNCTION GET_CLOB_OUTPUT(
    p_free IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE )
    RETURN CLOB;

Parameters

Table 27-9 GET_CLOB_OUTPUT Function Parameters

Parameter	Description
p_free	Free output resources, if "true". Defaults to false.

Example 1

This example configures APEX_JSON for CLOB output, generates JSON, prints the CLOB with DBMS_OUTPUT, and finally frees 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;

Example 2

This example configures APEX_JSON for CLOB output, generates JSON, and prints and frees the CLOB with DBMS_OUTPUT and GET_CLOB_OUTPUT.

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( p_free => true ) );
 END;