save result of clob query to file

What is the best way to export a clob to a file, as the result of a query?

I have something like:
  select xmlelement( "big_clob", big_clob ).getclobval() as "result"

spool in sqlplus will corrupt the clob/xml-output because of spool line-breaking.

Can it been done in sqlplus 9.2.0.5?

What are the alternatives? Received on Wed Sep 22 2004 - 10:02:17 CDT