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Create table with a CLOB column and default value of {} (Oracle 19c)

John WalkerDec 5 2022

If posted in the wrong area please forgive me -
I am trying to create a table that will have a CLOB column that will contain a JSON object. In my testing I have been working with -
UPDATE [table_name]
SET [col_name] = JSON_MERGEPATCH([col_name],'{"product_id":301}}')
where inventory_id = 100;
This update works fine if the if CLOB column already has something in it (ie {}). However, I have learned it will not update the column if there is nothing there. So I was trying to update my table create and set the default value for the column to be '{}'.
snippet from table create - ,[col_name] CLOB DEFAULT '{}'
I have tried '{{}}' and {{}} but neither worked
I cannot figure out how to pass in {} as the default value. Can anyone help??
Thank you in advance...

This post has been answered by Frank Kulash on Dec 5 2022
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