when Type::OracleEnhanced::NationalCharacterText::Data
            lob_value = value.to_s == "" ? " " : value.to_s
            bind_type = OCI8::NCLOB
            ora_value = bind_type.new(@raw_connection.raw_oci_connection, lob_value)
            ora_value.size = 0 if value.to_s == ""