Function

Summary

Returns the Lisp element type corresponding to that of a LOB locator.

Package

sql

Signature

ora-lob-element-type lob-locator => type

Arguments

lob-locator

A LOB locator.

Values

type

A Lisp type descriptor.

Description

The function ora-lob-element-type returns the Lisp element type that best corresponds to the charset of the LOB locator lob-locator .

For BLOB and BFILE type is (unsigned-byte 8) . For CLOB, NCLOB and CFILE type is either base-char or simple-char, depending on the charset.

Note: this function is available only when the "oracle" module is loaded. See the section on the Oracle LOB interface in the LispWorks User Guide for more information.