# YAML object to oracle blob

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-object-to-oracle-blob/99326>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 21, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-object-to-oracle-blob/99326 "2006-07-21T19:17:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-object-to-oracle-blob/99326/1 "2006-07-21T19:17:44Z")

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We would like to save a YAML object in an oracle blob and then read it  
back .

HAs anyone doe something similar ?

Thanks  
Bryan Webb

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-object-to-oracle-blob/99326/2 "2006-07-21T20:42:35Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> We would like to save a YAML object in an oracle blob and then read it  
> back .
> 
> HAs anyone doe something similar ?
> 
> Thanks  
> Bryan Webb

YAML is just text, so should be easy to save as a CLOB.

But I haven’t done it…  
Cheers  
Chris