GET_CLOB Function

This function returns clob member value. This function auto-converts varchar2, boolean, and number values.

Syntax

GET_CLOB (
    p_path    IN VARCHAR2,
    p0        IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p1        IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p2        IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p3        IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p4        IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_default IN CLOB     DEFAULT NULL,
    p_values  in t_values DEFAULT g_values )
RETURN CLOB

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_values`	Parsed JSON members. defaults to `g_values`.
`p_path`	Index into `p_values`.
`p[0-4]`	Each `%N` in `p_path` is replaced with `pN` and every `i-th %s` or `%d` is replaced with `p[i-1]`.
`p_default`	Default value if the member does not exist.

Returns/Raised Errors

Return/Error	Description
`a clob`	Value at the given path position.
`VALUE_ERROR`	If `p_values(p_path)` is an array or an object.

Example

Parse a JSON string and print the value at a position.

DECLARE
    j apex_json.t_values;
BEGIN
    apex_json.parse(j, '{ "items": [ 1, 2, { "foo": 42 } ] }');
    dbms_output.put_line(apex_json.get_clob (
    p_values => j,
    p_path => 'items[%d].foo',
    p0 => 3));
END;