CLOB stands for Character Large Object. It is a data type used in various database management systems to store large amounts of character data, such as long texts, articles, XML documents, and other forms of unstructured text.
DB2 CLOB
In DB2, CLOB (Character Large Object) is a data type used to store large amounts of character data. In theory, it can store up to 2GB of character data.
Oracle CLOB
In Oracle, the CLOB data type can store up to 4GB of character data. It’s suitable for storing large text – based content.
MySQL TEXT
MySQL offers the TEXT family of data types, which can be considered similar to CLOB. The LONGTEXT type can store up to 4GB of text data.
SQL Server NVARCHAR(MAX)
SQL Server uses the NVARCHAR(MAX) data type to handle large amounts of character data, which serves a similar purpose as CLOB.
PostgreSQL TEXT
In PostgreSQL, there isn’t a direct equivalent of the CLOB (Character Large Object) type like in some other database systems such as DB2 or Oracle. However, PostgreSQL provides data types that can be used to handle large amounts of character data, mainly the TEXT type.
SQLite TEXT
SQLite doesn’t have a dedicated CLOB data type. However, it can handle large text data using the TEXT type.
DBBlobEditor – A desktop client tool for editing / importing / exporting CLOB data
