Oracle 10g small Blob or Clob not being stored inline?
According to the documents I've read, the default storage for a CLOB or BLOB is inline, which means that if it is less than approx 4k in size then it will be held in the table. But when I test this on a dummy table in Oracle (10.2.0.1.0) the performance and response from Oracle Monitor (by Allround Automations) suggest that it is being held outwith the table. Here's my test scenario ... create table clobtest ( x int primary key, y clob, z varchar(100) ) ; insert into clobtest select object_id, object_name, object_name from all_objects where rownum < 10001 ; select COLUMN_NAME, IN_ROW from user