Reading external text files into CLOB with DBMS_LOB

We discussed the issue of loading text files into a CLOB column. We showed that DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE is deprecated for a reason and that DBMS_LOB.LOADCLOBFROMFILE should be used instead. AskTOM Office Hours offers free, monthly training and tips on how to make the most of Oracle Database, from Oracle product managers, developers and evangelists. https://asktom.oracle.com/ Oracle Developers portal: https://developer.oracle.com/ Sign up for an Oracle Cloud trial: https://cloud.oracle.com/en_US/tryit