SQL> SQL> create table demo 2 ( id int primary key, 3 theBlob blob 4 ) 5 / Table created. SQL> SQL> select id, dbms_lob.getlength(theBlob) len, clean(theBlob) piece, dbms_lob.substr(theBlob,40,1) raw_data 2 from demo 3 where id =1 4 / no rows selected SQL> drop table demo; Table dropped.