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REPLACE not working - ASCII character - XML element

Hi,
I would like to persist the special character as it as in table column - CLOB.
When i execute below query, only & is replaced with & value, Other values are not replacing with actual special character.
Can you please assist.
Query:
SELECT
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
RTRIM(XMLAGG(XMLELEMENT(E,'<>''"&',' \n ','Test&').EXTRACT('//text()')).GETCLOBVAL(),' \n '),
CHR(60)||'lt;',CHR(60)),
CHR(39)||'apos;',CHR(39)),
CHR(38)||'amp;',CHR(38)),
CHR(62)||'gt;',CHR(62)),
CHR(34)||'quot;',CHR(34)) as repl from dual;
Query Output:
<>'"& \n Test&
Expected Output:
<>''"& \n Test&
Best Answer
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I suggest removing all those REPLACEs and using dedicated function to cast XML nodes as scalar value :
SELECT xmlcast( XMLAGG(XMLELEMENT(E,'<>''"&',' \n ','Test&')) as clob ) as result from dual ; RESULT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <>'"& \n Test&
Answers
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You are executing that in some SQL window in sqlplus or sqldeveloper or some other. Is it so?
Then, the solution is to run: set define off before executing that SQL statement containing &.
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@BEDE This query is used inside stored procedure to insert into table.
For ex: insert into <table_name> (clob column) select <statement>.
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I suggest removing all those REPLACEs and using dedicated function to cast XML nodes as scalar value :
SELECT xmlcast( XMLAGG(XMLELEMENT(E,'<>''"&',' \n ','Test&')) as clob ) as result from dual ; RESULT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <>'"& \n Test&