CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION blob_to_clob (blob_in IN BLOB)
RETURN CLOB
AS
v_clob CLOB;
v_varchar VARCHAR2(32767);
v_start PLS_INTEGER := 1;
v_buffer PLS_INTEGER := 32767;
BEGIN
DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(v_clob, TRUE);
FOR i IN 1..CEIL(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(blob_in) / v_buffer)
LOOP
v_varchar := UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2(DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR(blob_in, v_buffer, v_start));
DBMS_LOB.WRITEAPPEND(v_clob, LENGTH(v_varchar), v_varchar);
v_start := v_start + v_buffer;
END LOOP;
RETURN v_clob;
END blob_to_clob;
/
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION IS_DATE(PARAMETER VARCHAR2) RETURN DATE IS
VAL DATE;
BEGIN
IF PARAMETER IS NULL
THEN
RETURN NULL;
ELSE
BEGIN
VAL := TO_DATE(NVL(PARAMETER,
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