Storing Documents in Multiple Languages in LOB Datatypes

You can store documents in multiple languages in CLOB, NCLOB, or BLOB datatypes and set up Oracle Text to enable content search for the documents.

Data in CLOB columns is stored in a format that is compatible with UCS-2 when the database character set is multibyte, such as UTF8 or AL32UTF8. This means that the storage space required for an English document doubles when the data is converted. Storage for an Asian language document in a CLOB column requires less storage space than the same document in a LONG column using UTF8, typically around 30% less, depending on the contents of the document.

Documents in NCLOB format are also stored in a proprietary format that is compatible with UCS-2 regardless of the database character set or national character set. The storage space requirement is the same as for CLOB data. Document contents are converted to UTF-16 when they are inserted into a NCLOB column. If you want to store multilingual documents in a non-Unicode database, then choose NCLOB. However, content search on NCLOB is not yet supported.

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