How to set hyperlink for Clob columns (Doc ID 330019.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 12, 2023

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Symptoms

Assume you have created a report with query "select description from test_clob", where the DESCRIPTION column is of datatype CLOB.

In the format trigger of the description field, you have written a code like the following to set the hyperlink attribute.

function F_descriptionFormatTrigger return boolean is
begin
  srw.set_hyperlink('mailto:' || :description);
  return (TRUE);
end;

While compiling this code, you will get the following error.

"Error 422 on line x column y
no PL/SQL translation for the bindtype given for this bind variable "

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