Hi, You could also take a look at the derby reference manual at this link http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.1/ref/rrefclob.html This page explains about the clob datatype and also contains an example of how to use it. thanx, V.Narayanan Jean T. Anderson wrote: > firstname lastname wrote: > >> I need a simple but complete example of how to insert a CLOB into derby >> via jdbc. >> Any help would be appreciated. > > > I keep thinking that there must be a complete example by now in the > derby mail archives, but I'm not putting my finger on one yet. In the > meantime, the functional tests might help: > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/db/derby/code/trunk/java/testing/org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/tests/jdbcapi/ > > > You might look at the code in blobclob4BLOB.java, LOBTest.java, and > blobSetBinaryStream.java . > > I hope this helps. Feel free to ask for help if you don't find what > you're looking for. > > -jean > >