{"id":9911,"date":"2017-02-14T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T09:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/?p=9911"},"modified":"2019-03-11T06:44:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T06:44:27","slug":"how-to-find-size-used-for-the-storage-of-blob-or-clob-variable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/2017\/02\/14\/how-to-find-size-used-for-the-storage-of-blob-or-clob-variable\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find size used for the storage of BLOB or CLOB variable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>lobsize returns the size (in bytes) used for the storage of BLOB or CLOB variable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syntax:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>lobsize(BLOB_CLOB)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p># How much space spent for a clob?<br \/>\nLocal Clbfile MY_CLOB(0)<br \/>\nMY_SIZE=lobsize(MY_CLOB) : # Returns 1016 (stores 508 characters)<br \/>\nMy_CLOB=string$(50,space$(10))+space$(9) : # Assign a 509 character string<br \/>\nMY_SIZE=lobsize(MY_CLOB) : # Returns 66550 (MY_CLOB has been automatically enlarged)<\/p>\n<p>Local Clbfile MY_CLOB(1)<br \/>\nMY_SIZE=lobsize(MY_CLOB) : # Returns 2040<\/p>\n<p># Here I is an integer value between 0 and 10<br \/>\nLocal Clbfile MY_CLOB(I)<br \/>\nMY_SIZE=lobsize(MY_CLOB) : # Returns 2^(10+I)-8<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: Medium;\"><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/\">Greytrix<\/a> \u2013 a globally recognized Premier Sage Gold Development Partner is a one-stop solution provider for Sage ERP and Sage CRM needs. 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We will be glad to assist you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lobsize returns the size (in bytes) used for the storage of BLOB or CLOB variable. Syntax: lobsize(BLOB_CLOB) Example: # How much space spent for a clob? Local Clbfile MY_CLOB(0) MY_SIZE=lobsize(MY_CLOB) : # Returns 1016 (stores 508 characters) My_CLOB=string$(50,space$(10))+space$(9) : # Assign a 509 character string MY_SIZE=lobsize(MY_CLOB) : # Returns 66550 (MY_CLOB has been automatically enlarged)\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/2017\/02\/14\/how-to-find-size-used-for-the-storage-of-blob-or-clob-variable\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[333,1175,1941,1942,2132,2188],"class_list":["post-9911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sage-erp-x3","tag-clob","tag-lobsize","tag-sage-x3-technical","tag-sage-x3-technical-assistance","tag-space-spent-for-clob","tag-storage-of-blob"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17313,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911\/revisions\/17313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}