Changing CLOB fields to VARCHAR2 fields
To change a CLOB field to a VARCHAR field in Oracle create a
temporary column (varchar) to hold the cast. Execute the following
command and then rename drop the old one and rename the new column:
UPDATE table SET tempcol = dbms_lob.substr(column, 10, 1)
Where 10 is the length of the column and 1 is the starting position of th
CLOB string.


