TEXT_ENCODE v16
Use the TEXT_ENCODE
function to translate a string to a user-specified character set and then encode the string. The signature is:
This function returns a VARCHAR2
value.
Parameters
buf
buf
contains the encoded string to translate to the specified character set and encode with TEXT_ENCODE
.
encode_charset
encode_charset
specifies the character set to which to translate the value before encoding. The default value is NULL
.
encoding
encoding
specifies the encoding type used by TEXT_ENCODE
. Specify:
UTL_ENCODE.BASE64
to specify base-64 encoding.UTL_ENCODE.QUOTED_PRINTABLE
to specify quoted printable encoding. This is the default.
Examples
This example uses the TEXT_ENCODE
and TEXT_DECODE
functions to first encode and then decode a string:
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