Erases a specified portion of the internal LOB data OCI-Lob->eof OCI-Lob->export OCI8 Functions PHP Manual OCI-Lob->erase (No version information available, might be only in CVS)OCI-Lob->erase — Erases a specified portion of the internal LOB data Description OCI-Lob int erase ([ int $offset [, int $length ]] ) Erases a specified portion of the internal LOB data starting at a specified offset . If called without parameters, it erases all LOB data. For BLOBs, erasing means that the existing LOB value is overwritten with zero-bytes. For CLOBs, the existing LOB value is overwritten with spaces. Parameters offset length Return Values Returns the actual number of characters/bytes erased or FALSE in case of error. See Also OCI-Lob->truncate OCI-Lob->eof OCI-Lob->export OCI8 Functions PHP Manual