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ASF GitHub Bot commented on TRAFODION-2849:
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Github user DaveBirdsall commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-trafodion/pull/1350#discussion_r157637887
--- Diff:
docs/sql_reference/src/asciidoc/_chapters/sql_functions_and_expressions.adoc ---
@@ -213,6 +213,24 @@ corresponding week of the year.
See the individual entry for the function.
+[[lob_functions]]
+== LOB Functions
+
+Trafodion provides following LOB functions to process LOB data.
+
+[cols="25%,75%"]
+|===
+| <<emptyblob_function,EMPTY_BLOB() Function>> | Creates a dummy LOB
handle with BLOB.
+| <<emptyclob_function,EMPTY_CLOB() Function>> | Creates a dummy LOB
handle with CLOB.
+| <<stringtolob_function,STRINGTOLOB Function>> | Converts a simple
string literal into LOB format.
+| <<filetolob_function,FILETOLOB Function>> | Converts data from a
local linux/hdfs file into LOB format.
+| <<buffertolob_function,BUFFERTOLOB_Function>> | Takes an address and
a size of an input buffer, and converts the data pointed to by that buffer into
LOB format.
+| <<externaltolob_function,EXTERNALTOLOB_Function>> | Converts data from
an external file into LOB format.
+| LOBTOSTRING | Converts LOB data into simple string
literal.
--- End diff --
I would say, "Converts LOB data into a simple string literal."
> Add BLOB and CLOB for *Trafodion SQL Reference Manual*
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: TRAFODION-2849
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TRAFODION-2849
> Project: Apache Trafodion
> Issue Type: Documentation
> Reporter: Liu Yu
> Assignee: Liu Yu
>
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