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Oracle UTL_ENCODE Version 26ai

General Information

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Oracle Database 26ai will be available on generic Linux platforms in January and soon on AIX and Windows

Purpose This package contains BASE64, Mime, Text, and UU encode and decode RAW data string functions that encode data into a standard encoded format so that the data can be transported between hosts. This package's objects can be used to encode the body of email text. The package also contains the decode counterpart functions of the encode functions. The functions follow published standards for encoding to accommodate non-Oracle utilities on the sending or receiving ends.

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Constants

Name	Data Type	Value
base64	PLS_INTEGER	1
complete (header & footer)	PLS_INTEGER	1
end_piece (includes footer text)	PLS_INTEGER	4
header_piece (includes heaer text)	PLS_INTEGER	2
middle_piece (body text only)	PLS_INTEGER	3
quoted_printable	PLS_INTEGER	2

Dependencies

DBMS_AW_EXP	DBMS_ISCHED_REMOTE_ACCESS	UTL_ENC_LIB
DBMS_DEBUG	DBMS_VECTOR	UTL_MAIL
DBMS_ISCHED	DBMS_VECTOR_CHAIN	UTL_SMTP

Documented Yes

First Available 9.0.1

Security Model Owned by SYS with EXECUTE granted to PUBLIC

Source {ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/utlenc.sql

Subprograms

BASE64_DECODE	QUOTED_PRINTABLE_DECODE	TEXT_ENCODE
BASE64_ENCODE	QUOTED_PRINTABLE_ENCODE	UUDECODE
MIMEHEADER_DECODE	TEXT_DECODE	UUENCODE
MIMEHEADER_ENCODE

BASE64_DECODE

Reads the base 64-encoded RAW input string and decodes it to its original RAW value utl_encode.base64_decode(r IN RAW) RETURN RAW;

See base64_encode Demo Below

BASE64_ENCODE

Encodes the binary representation of the RAW value into base 64 elements and returns it in the form of a RAW string utl_encode.base64_encode(r IN RAW) RETURN RAW;

set serveroutput on

      

      DECLARE

       r RAW(32767);

      BEGIN

        r := utl_raw.cast_to_raw('University of Washington');

        dbms_output.put_line(r);

      

        r := utl_encode.base64_encode(r);

        dbms_output.put_line(r);

      

        r := utl_encode.base64_decode(r);

        dbms_output.put_line(r);

      END;

      /

MIMEHEADER_DECODE

Decodes a string from mime header format utl_encode.mimeheader_decode(buf IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS) RETURN data VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET buf%CHARSET;

See mimeheader_encode Demo Below

MIMEHEADER_ENCODE

Encodes a string into mime header format utl_encode.mimeheader_encode( buf IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, encode_charset IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, encoding IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL); RETURN string VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET buf%CHARSET;

set serveroutput on

      

      DECLARE

       t VARCHAR2(100);

      BEGIN

        t := utl_encode.mimeheader_encode('MLIB');

        dbms_output.put_line(t);

      

        t := utl_encode.mimeheader_decode(t);

        dbms_output.put_line(t);

      END;

      /

QUOTED_PRINTABLE_DECODE

Reads the varchar2 quoted printable format input string and decodes it to the corresponding RAW string utl_encode.quoted_printable_decode(r IN RAW) RETURN RAW;

See quoted_printable_encode Demo Below

QUOTED_PRINTABLE_ENCODE

Reads the RAW input string and encodes it to the corresponding quoted printable format string utl_encode.quoted_printable_encode(r IN RAW) RETURN RAW;

set serveroutput on

      

      DECLARE

       r RAW(32767);

      BEGIN

        r := utl_raw.cast_to_raw('Begin' || chr(13) || 'End');

        dbms_output.put_line(r);

      

        r := utl_encode.quoted_printable_encode(r);

        dbms_output.put_line(r);

      

        r := utl_encode.quoted_printable_decode(r);

        dbms_output.put_line(r);

      END;

      /

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TEXT_DECODE

Decodes a character set sensitive text string utl_encode.text_decode( buf IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, encode_charset IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, encoding IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL) RETURN string VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET buf%CHARSET;

See text_encode Demo Below

TEXT_ENCODE

Encodes a character set sensitive text string utl_encode.text_encode( buf IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, encode_charset IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, encoding IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL) RETURN string VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET buf%CHARSET;

set serveroutput on

      

      DECLARE

       c VARCHAR2(100);

      BEGIN

        c := utl_encode.text_encode('Here is some text', 'WE8ISO8859P1', UTL_ENCODE.BASE64);

        dbms_output.put_line(c);

      END;

      /

      

      DECLARE

       c VARCHAR2(100);

      BEGIN

        c := utl_encode.text_decode('SGVyZSBpcyBzb21lIHRleHQ=',

        'WE8ISO8859P1', UTL_ENCODE.BASE64);

      

        dbms_output.put_line(c);

      END;

      /

UUDECODE

Reads the RAW uuencode format input string and decodes it to the corresponding RAW string utl_encode.uudecode(r IN RAW) RETURN RAW;

See uuencode Demo Below

UUENCODE

Reads the RAW input string and encodes it to the corresponding uuencode format string utl_encode.uuencode( r IN RAW, type IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 1, filename IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, permission IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL) RETURN RAW;

set serveroutput on

      

      DECLARE

       r RAW(32767);

      BEGIN

        r := utl_encode.uuencode('ABCFED', 1, 'uuencode.txt', 0);

        dbms_output.put_line('Encoded: ' || r);

      

        r := utl_encode.uudecode(r);

        dbms_output.put_line('Decoded: ' || r);

      END;

      /