Can you state any difference between the CLOB
and NCLOB
?
2 Answers
A CLOB stores character data encoded in the database character set. A NCLOB stores character data encoded in the national character set
SELECT parameter, value
FROM v$nls_parameters
WHERE parameter LIKE '%CHARACTERSET'
will show you the database and national character sets of your database.

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10upvoted. Note the difference between a CLOB/NCLOB and a BLOB is that the CLOB/NCLOB can have characters translated to the database character set from the client characterset or vice versa. The bytes in a BLOB won't be converted. – Gary Myers Jul 28 '11 at 10:28
BLOB, CLOB, NCLOB and BFILE The built-in LOB data types BLOB, CLOB and NCLOB (stored internally), and BFILE (stored externally), can store large and unstructured data such as text, images and spatial data up to 4 gigabytes in size.
BLOB
The BLOB data type stores binary large objects. BLOB can store up to 4 gigabytes of binary data.
CLOB
The CBLOB data type stores character large objects. CLOB can store up to 4 gigabytes of character data.
NCLOB
The NCBLOB data type stores character large objects in multibyte national character set. NCLOB can store up to 4 gigabytes of character data.
BFILE
The BFILE data type enables access to binary file LOBs that are stored in file systems outside the Oracle database. A BFILE column stores a locator, which serves as a pointer to a binary file on the server's file system. The maximum file size supported is 4 gigabytes.

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