MySQL CLOB Retrieval Guide

In MySQL, the CLOB (Character Large Object) data type typically refers to TEXT or LONGTEXT. To read the contents of a CLOB field, you can use a SELECT statement to retrieve the corresponding field data, for example:

SELECT clob_column FROM your_table WHERE condition;

In the statement above, clob_column is the name of the CLOB field, your_table is the name of the table, and condition is the filtering criteria. After executing the above query, it will return the content of the CLOB field.

It is important to note that in MySQL, TEXT and LONGTEXT fields have storage limits. The maximum storage length for TEXT is 65,535 characters, while LONGTEXT can store up to 4GB. If the content of a CLOB field exceeds the storage limit, it may result in reading failure or data truncation.