oracle blob text search

This is quite possible and easy to do.

Simply use dbms_lob.instr in conjunction with utl_raw.cast_to_raw

So in your case, if t1 is a BLOB the select would look like:

select *
  from table1
 where dbms_lob.instr (t1, -- the blob
                   utl_raw.cast_to_raw ('foo'), -- the search string cast to raw
                   1, -- where to start. i.e. offset
                   1 -- Which occurrance i.e. 1=first
                    ) > 0 -- location of occurrence. Here I don't care.  Just find any
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