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Asked: 2026-05-27T22:08:28+00:00

A database I report on using SSRS has a column which is stored as

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A database I report on using SSRS has a column which is stored as a BLOB. I happen to know that the BLOB contains XML (a string).

Is there any way for reporting services to extract this information?

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  1. Editorial Team

    OK, I found a limited solution – builds would be welcome.

    You need to use the function 

    dbms_lob.substr([fieldname], [number_of_characters], [start_position])

    Note that [number_of_characters] appears to have a maximum value of 2000

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