Bfile in Oracle 8i

Hello
Myself Rakesh Jaitly, i am facing a problem in Binary file usage in 8i through Visual Basic. Please guide me if i have stored a picture image in Oracle 8i and i want to recall it using Visual Basic doing the connectivity. How can i do it. What references i have to use in Visual Basic so that I can get the image stored at the backend i.e Oracle 8i in Frontend i.e. Visual basic 6.0. If have the solution please mail the syntax and the coding to [email protected] I will be highly thankful to you.

Hi Rakesh
i am also facing the same problem if u have find the solution so please mail it to
[email protected]
thanx

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BFILE Datatype
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제품 : PRECOMPILERS
작성날짜 : 1998-09-15
EXTERNAL LOB (BFILE) 처리 예제 프로그램
======================================
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해야 한다. 현재 생성된 디렉토리와 관련된 정보는 all_directories,
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로 가질 수 있다. file에 대한 처리는 Read만 가능하고, 디렉토리와 마찬가지로
BFILE 컬럼에 insert 시 oracle process가 read 권한이 있는지 여부는 확인하지
않는다.
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SQL> connect sys/manager
SQL> grant create any directory to scott;
SQL> connect scott/tiger
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SQL> create table image_file
2 (a varchar2(10),
3 b bfile);
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Name Null? Type
ID VARCHAR2(255)
BLOB_COL BLOB
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char password[10] ="ejpark";
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char i_rep_file_name[20];
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temp_blob BLOB;
v_rqid NUMBER;
len NUMBER;
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Hello,
The problem that i have is that i want to insert a file residing in the network into the oracle database into a blob field and again read it from the database and show it ie either insert it into a file directly and then open it using the correct editor or open it directly. I am using java along with it but i am basically stuck on the database side.
I am sending the code which i have written till date
i basically need to know
1)the syntax i am using to interact with the database is right ie where is the error in the code
2)provided that is ok whether my overall code is on the right track.
After line control 10
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java.sql.SQL Exception:ORA-22288:file operation fileopen failed
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ORA-0615:at"SYS.DBMS_LOB",line 370
ORA-0615:at line 1
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=========================================================================
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CREATE TABLE DOC_MAS(
DOC_MAS_SR_NO NUMBER(10),
PROJECT_NAME VARCHAR2(30),
MODULE_NO NUMBER(10),
DOC_NAME VARCHAR2(10),
DOC_TYPE VARCHAR2(10),
VERSION NUMBER(10));
CREATE SEQUENCE SEQ_DOC_MAS START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1;
CREATE SEQUENCE SEQ_DOC_DETAIL START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1;
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DOC_DETAIL_SR_NO NUMBER(10),
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ACTUAL_DOC BFILE,
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import java.sql.*;
import oracle.sql.*;
import oracle.jdbc.driver.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Date;
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String s_blobvariable = p_doc_name;
String file_path = null;
byte b[];
String l_dirPath;
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dbConnection();
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"(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(HOST="+ConnectionParams.s_hostName+")"+
"(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT="+ConnectionParams.s_portNumber+"))"+
"(CONNECT_DATA=(SID="+ConnectionParams.s_databaseSID+")))";
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Thread.sleep(3000);
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int p_doc_mas_sr_no = -1;
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int verision;
String s = null;
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{ System.out.println("The Control 1");
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System.out.println("The Control 2 : "+verision);
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System.out.println("The Control 3");
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String loc = rset.getString(3);
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System.out.println("The Control AA");
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l_stmt.close();
Thread.sleep(4000);
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System.out.println("Creating rows in DOC_MAS.. ");
System.out.println("The Control VV");
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l_pstmt.setString(2,p_project_name);
l_pstmt.setInt(3,p_module_no);
l_pstmt.setString(4,p_doc_name);
l_pstmt.setString(5,p_doc_type);
l_pstmt.setInt(6,p_version);
l_pstmt.executeUpdate(); // Execute SQL statement
l_pstmt.close();
System.out.println("The Control 3");
// Close statement
//Thread.sleep(20000);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Exception has occured at the time of insert11"+e);
try{System.out.println("The Control 4");
Statement l_statement = m_connection.createStatement();
ResultSet l_doc_mas_sr_no = l_statement.executeQuery(
"SELECT max(DOC_MAS_SR_NO) FROM DOC_MAS "+
"WHERE DOC_NAME = '"+p_doc_name+"' ");//FOR UPDATE
if (l_doc_mas_sr_no.next())
p_doc_mas_sr_no = l_doc_mas_sr_no.getInt(1);
l_doc_mas_sr_no.close();
l_statement.close();
System.out.println("The Control 5");
//Thread.sleep(10000);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Exception has occured at the time of insert");
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System.out.println("The Control AA");
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l_seq_doc_details.close();
l_stmt.close();
Thread.sleep(4000);
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System.out.println("Exception has occured at the time of selecting the current sequence number"+e);
try {System.out.println("The Control 6");
java.sql.Date current_date = new java.sql.Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
System.out.println("Creating row for actual-doc in DOC_DETAILS.. ");
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l_pstmt.setInt(2,p_doc_mas_sr_no);
l_pstmt.setDate(3,current_date);
System.out.println("The Control 6AA");
l_pstmt.execute(); // Execute SQL statement
l_pstmt.close(); // Close statement
System.out.println("Created.\nLoading <map.gif> into BLOB column for doc_detail...");
System.out.println("The Control 7");
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}catch(Exception e){
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try {
System.out.println("The Control 8");
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"CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY BFILEDIR AS '" + l_dirPath + "' ");
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l_pstmt.close();
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{ // Trap SQL errors
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System.out.println("\n"+ex.toString());
System.out.println("The Control 8AA");
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System.out.println("The Control 9");
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{ // Trap SQL errors
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try { System.out.println("The Control 10");
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ResultSet l_rset = l_stmt.executeQuery("Select ACTUAL_DOC from DOC_DETAIL WHERE DOC_MAS_SR_NO= '"+p_doc_mas_sr_no+"' ");
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oracle.sql.BFILE l_bfile = null;
// Loop through the Result Set
while(l_rset.next()) {
l_bfile = ((OracleResultSet)l_rset).getBFILE(1); // Get the BFILE Locator
System.out.println("Retrieved BFILE Locator..");
System.out.println("l_bfile :"+l_bfile);
l_rset.close(); // Close the ResultSet
l_stmt.close(); // Close the Statement
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l_bfile.openFile();
// Open the Input Binary Stream with getBinaryStream method of
// oracle.sql.BFILE class
InputStream f = l_bfile.getBinaryStream();
System.out.println("Opened Binary Stream ...");
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System.out.println("Actual Size:"+size+"Bytes");
int n = size;
int x=0;
System.out.println("First"+n+"bytes of the file one can read at a time");
b = new byte[size];
System.out.println("printing bytes"+b);
char ch=' ';
while(x<size)
ch=(char)f.read();
b[x]=(byte)ch;
//str+=ch;
x++;
System.out.println("The Control 11");
// file_path = "c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_doc_name;
directoryMap( p_version, p_project_name, p_doc_name);//This method is called here
OutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(file_path);
for(int i=0;i<b.length;i +=2)
//out.println(b);
fout.write(b[i]);
System.out.println("The Control 12");
drawMap(file_path,p_doc_name,p_doc_type);
} catch (Exception ex) { // Trap SQL and IO errors
System.out.println("Error in retrieving and drawing map for selected airport");
System.out.println("\n"+ex.toString());
* Create a label from the image filepassed, add the label to the image area
This part will have to be modified majorly
public void drawMap(String file_path, String p_doc_name,String p_doc_type)
//Refer to SIRExtOpen.java
System.out.println("The Control 13");
Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p = null;
if (p_doc_type.equals("html")| |p_doc_type.equals("htm"))
try{
p = r.exec( "C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\Iexplore.EXE " +file_path);
//repaint();
p.waitFor();
catch(Exception ex)
ex.printStackTrace();
System.out.println(ex);
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
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try
p = r.exec( "C:\\WINDOWS\\notepad.EXE " + p_doc_name); p.waitFor();
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ex.printStackTrace();
System.out.println(ex);
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
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try
p = r.exec( "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\excel.EXE " +file_path);
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ex.printStackTrace();
System.out.println(ex);
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
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ex.printStackTrace();
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ex.printStackTrace();
System.out.println(ex);
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
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"WHERE DOC_MAS_SR_NO='"+p_doc_mas_sr_no+"'");
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if (l_lobDetails.next()) {
// LOB details exist
// Display airport map and suggestion book (LOB details)
drawBLOB(l_lobDetails.getBlob(1),p_doc_name,p_doc_type);
//lobs.drawBLOB(((OracleResultSet)l_lobDetails).getBLOB(1),p_doc_name,p_doc_type);
//Should this be like this
System.out.println("Done retrieving and displaying LOB details");
} else {
// No LOB details
// m_GUI.m_loadButton.setEnabled(true);
//TO BE CHECKED OUT LATER m_loadButton This is a button in the form
System.out.println("No airport map and suggestion book exist for selected airport");
System.out.println("\nPress <Load Sample3 Files> to load LOB details");
l_lobDetails.close();
l_stmt.close();
} catch (Exception ex) { // Trap SQL errors
System.out.println("Error retrieving LOB Details for the selected airport");
System.out.println(ex.toString());
public void directoryMap(int p_version,String p_project_name,String p_doc_name) {//start of the method
System.out.println("The Control 14");
if (p_version==1)
File f = new File("c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version);
if(f.exists())
file_path = "c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version+"/"+p_doc_name;
else
File f1 = new File("c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version);
file_path = "c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version+"/"+p_doc_name;
}//end of inner else
}//end of else
else if(p_version==2)
File f = new File("c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version);
if(f.exists())
file_path = "c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version+"/"+p_doc_name;
else
File f1 = new File("c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version);
file_path = "c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version+"/"+p_doc_name;
}//end of inner else
}//end of else
else if(p_version==3)
File f = new File("c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version);
if(f.exists())
file_path = "c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version+"/"+p_doc_name;
else{
File f1 = new File("c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version);
file_path = "c:/warea/mehul/Project/"+p_project_name+"/"+p_version+"/"+p_doc_name;
}//end of inner else
}//end of outer else
else
System.out.println("System has gone into 4th version");
}//end of method
}//end of class
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Hi
Have you found a workaround for this problem? im having a similiar problem and am interested in its solution.....

Bfile image problem---please ignore this thread

Hi all,
I am using Oracle 10.2.0.2.0 on x86_64 GNU/Linux .
I am using a table with column bfile datatype. Bfile column links to oracle directory "frameroot" which contains image frames. when i check data of link (bfile) in oracle sql developer it shows the below :
Name : 2009_pre
Data Length : 55044
File Exists : true
Directory aliase : FRAMEROOT
but when i click image option its is giving the below error :
"Image could not be decoded from the binary stream".
As i think sql developer should show the image of the bfile datatype.
I am using oracle sql developer version 1.2.1
Please suggest.
Thanks
Vipin
Edited by: VipinK on Jun 8, 2010 10:07 PM

Duplicate post. Please change the subject to "Please Ignore"
Please never do this.
thank you.
PS: There is a SQL*Developer forum and that is the only place to post questions about SQL*Developer.

Recommended Structure for Large Files

I am working at re-familiarizing myself with Oracle development and management so please forgive my ignorance on some of these topics or questions. I will be working with a client who is planning a large-scale database for what is called "Flow Cytometry" data which will be linked to research publications. The actual data files (FCS) and various text, tab-delimited and XML files will all be provided by researchers in a wrapper or zip-container which will be parsed by some as-yet-to-be-developed tools. For the most part, data will consist of a large FCS file containing the actual Flow Cytometry Data, along with various/accompanying text/XML files containing the metadata (experiment details, equipment, reagents etc). What is most important is the metadata which will be used to search for experiments etc. For the most part the actual FCS data files (up to 100-300 mb), will only need to be linked (stored as BLOB's?) to the metadata and their content will be used at a later time for actual analysis.
1: Since the actual FCs files are large, and may not initially be parsed and imported into the DB for later analysis, how best can/should Oracle be configured/partitioned so that a larger/direct attached storage drive/partition can be used for the large files so as not to take up space where the actual running instance of Oracle is installed? We are expecting around 1TB of data files initially
2: Are there any on-line resources which might be of value to such an implementation?

Large files can be stored as BFILE datatypes. The data need not be transferred to Oracle tablespaces and the files will reside in OS.
It is also possible to index bfiles using Oracle text indexing.
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/FullTextIndexingUsingOracleText9i.php
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/itss/docs/oracle/10g/text.101/b10730/cdatadic.htm
http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Oracle/DBA_tips/Oracle_Text/TEXT_3.shtml
Mohan
http://www.myoracleguide.com/

BFILE use in Oracle Forms

Can anyone tell me how to get BFILE Datatypes to work in Oracle Forms 6i? I am able to create and build my table with BFILE datatypes and create and build my directories. However, when I build my form in runtime, I execute my query and it bring up an error message "Can not execute query".
Could someone please tell me how to build forms in Oracle Forms 6i so that it can use BFILE Datayes?
Thanks!

JavaBean does d othe job for you but it requires signing process; I used it when I was working on forms6i for our project.
I could use another approach that is the file type command executable which it stays in client's PC to do it and it does not requires signing at all since I am now working on the Java EE project for downloading and launching the third party tool in client's PC.
I plan to write a article for forms use, which could do all the heavy WebUtil can do, but not need to go thru the signing process.

Bfile functionality with oracle lite for Synchronization

Hi there,
In my project requirement, We need to design a standalone version of the applciation which will be used by the marketing people around the globe.
Plan is to use oracle Lite database with this application, as it synchronises with the main server on demand. During our testing we found that Oracle lite do the data transfer /synchronization perfectly but have problem with bfile type data. Precisely, the only problem we are facing is how to synchronize the file which are there on the server as bfile type. As per my info Bfile is not supported by the oracle Lite.
Any clue will be appreciated.
Regards,
Sunil Dua

Junius,
Greetings,
Thanks for the reply speedy reply... I took more time in replying as we busy in evaluating the Oracle Lite version 10g.
Well Yeah! you are right and thru packaging, we can have the files downloaded but for me its a work around. Let em explain my situation again.
I have user specific set of files for each of its client which again gets updated quarterly. If I keep this data in the package I'll have to keep 'n' number of files in the package as about 300 odd user will be on field maintaining number of user. Another problem would be to publish and package every quarter. Thired problem would be of downloading this application as size will be too high and relevant data for each of the user would be hardly 10% of the size of the application for each user.
I hope I have clarified the situation. Pl. let me know if you need any more info.
Regards,
Sunil Dua

Performance impact in Oracle 8i - BLOB vs BFILE

Hi Guys,
We are evaluting intermedia to store multimedia objects.
Does any know if storing and retreiving documents in Oracle database has impact on standard data stored in the database?
Is it worth having a seperate database instance for storing tables with intermedia objects?
Pal

Part 2:
Example 1: Let us estimate the storage requirements for a data set consisting of 500 video clips comprising a total size of 250MB (average size 512K bytes). Assume a LOB chunk size of 32768 bytes. Our model estimates that we need (8000 * 32) bytes or 250 k bytes for the index and 266 MB to hold the media data. Since the original media size is 250 MB, this represents about a 6.5% storage overhead for storing the media data in the database. The following table definition could be used to store this amount of data.
create table video_items
video_id number ,
video_clip ordsys.ordvideo
-- storage parameters for table in general
tablespace video1 storage (initial 1M next 10M )
-- special storage parameters for the video content
lob (video_clip.source.localdata) store as
(tablespace video2 storage (initial 260k next 270M )
disable storage in row nocache nologging chunk 32768);
Example 2: Let us estimate the storage requirements for a data set consisting of 5000 images with an average size of 56K bytes. The total amount of media data is 274 MB. Since the average image size is smaller, it is more space efficient to choose a smaller chunk size, say 8K, to store the data in the lob. Our model estimates that we will need about 313 MB to store the data and a little over 1 MB to store the index. In this case the 40 MB of storage required beyond the raw media content size represents a 15% overhead.
Estimating retrieval costs
Performance testing has shown that Oracle can achieve equivalent and even higher throughput performance for media content retrieval than a file system. The test was configured to retrieve media data from a server system to a requesting client system. In the database case, simple C client programs used OCI with LOB read callbacks to retrieve the data from the database. For the file system case, the client program used the standard C library functions to read data from the file system. Note that in this client server configuration, files are served remotely by the file server system. In essence, we are comparing distributed file system performance with Oracle database and SQLNet performance. These tests were performed on Windows NT 4 SP5.
Although Oracle achieved higher absolute performance, the relative CPU cost per unit of throughput ranged from 1.7 to 3 times the file system cost. (For these tests, database performance ranged from 3.4 million to 9 million bytes/sec while file system performance ranged from 2.6 million bytes/sec to 7 million bytes/sec as the number of clients ranged from 1 to 5) One reason for the very high relative CPU cost at the higher end of performance is that as the 100 Mbs network approaches saturation, the system used more CPU to achieve the next increment of throughput. If we restrict ourselves to not exceeding 70% of network utilization, then the database can use up to 2.5 times as much CPU as the file system per unit of throughput.
NOTE WELL: The extra CPU cost factors pertain only to media retrieval aspect of the workload. They do not apply to the entire system workload. See example.
Example: A file based media asset system uses 10% of a single CPU simply to serve media data to requesting clients. If we were to store the media in an Oracle database and retrieve content from the database then we could expect to need 20-25% of a single CPU to serve content at the same throughput rate.

How to insert image into table and to in Oracle 9i intermedia?

Mr Lawrence,
I want to ask something:
I use Oracle 9i intermedia
If i use this script:
CREATE TABLE images (
file_name VARCHAR2(100) NOT NULL,
image ORDSYS.OrdImage
then
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY imgdir AS 'd:/data';
then
INSERT INTO images (file_name, image)
VALUES ('tree', ORDSYS.ORDImage.init('file','imgdir','tree.jpg' ));
I put tree.jpg in directory d:/data in my hard drive.
Is my tree.jpg file had already get in to my images table?
I'm little confuse, because when i check my table with this script:
select file_name, i.image.getWidth() from images i;
it's show that my i.image.getWidth() for file_name tree is empty.. that mean my tree.jpg doesn't get in to my table.. am i correct?
N also i want to ask how to display to screen all of my image from images table?
Is it posible Oracle 9i intermedia to support display image from table?
How?
thanks Mr Lawrence

-- First step would be to create a directory in oracle and map it to the folder where your image resides.
create directory image_dir as *'c:\image_dir';*
Then you would have to use a procedure to insert the image in your table. SO first create a table to hold the image. Note that you have to use a BLOB to insert the image.
CREATE TABLE test_image
ID NUMBER,
image_filename VARCHAR2(50),
image BLOB
Now let's write the procedure to insert the image in the table above.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE insert_image_file (p_id NUMBER, p_image_name IN VARCHAR2)
IS
src_file BFILE;
dst_file BLOB;
lgh_file BINARY_INTEGER;
BEGIN
src_file := BFILENAME ('image_DIR', p_image_name);
-- insert a NULL record to lock
INSERT INTO temp_image
(ID, image_name, image
VALUES (p_id, p_image_name, EMPTY_BLOB ()
RETURNING image
INTO dst_file;
-- lock record
SELECT image
INTO dst_file
FROM temp_image
WHERE ID = p_id AND image_name = p_image_name
FOR UPDATE;
-- open the file
DBMS_LOB.fileopen (src_file, DBMS_LOB.file_readonly);
-- determine length
lgh_file := DBMS_LOB.getlength (src_file);
-- read the file
DBMS_LOB.loadfromfile (dst_file, src_file, lgh_file);
-- update the blob field
UPDATE temp_image
SET image = dst_file
WHERE ID = p_id AND image_name = p_image_name;
-- close file
DBMS_LOB.fileclose (src_file);
END insert_image_file;
Now execute the procedure to insert the image.
EXECUTE insert_image_file(1,'test_image.jpg');
Thanks,
Aparna

How to insert a JPG file from file system to Oracle 10g?

I have developed a schema to store photos as BLOB which store the text description as CLOB original filename, file size.
I also use ctxsys.context to index TEXT_DESCRIPTION in order to perform Oracle Text Search and it works.
I would like to insert some JPG file from say C:\MYPHOTO\Photo1.jpg as a new record. How can I do this in SQL PLus and/or Loader?
How can I retrieve the PHOTO_IMAGE back to the file system using SQL Plus and/or command line in DOS?
See the following script:
create user myphoto identified by myphoto;
grant connect, resource, ctxapp to myphoto;
connect myphoto/myphoto@orcl;
PROMPT Creating Table PHOTOS
CREATE TABLE PHOTOS
(PHOTO_ID VARCHAR2(15) NOT NULL,
PHOTO_IMAGE BLOB,
TEXT_DESCRIPTION CLOB,
FILENAME VARCHAR2(50),
FILE_SIZE NUMBER NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_PHOTOS PRIMARY KEY (PHOTO_ID)
create index idx_photos_text_desc on
PHOTOS(TEXT_DESCRIPTION) indextype is ctxsys.context;
INSERT INTO PHOTOS VALUES
('P00000000000001', empty_blob(), empty_clob(),
'SCGP1.JPG',100);
INSERT INTO PHOTOS VALUES
('P00000000000002', empty_blob(), 'Cold Play with me at the concert in Melbourne 2005',
'COLDPLAY1.JPG',200);
INSERT INTO PHOTOS VALUES
('P00000000000003', empty_blob(), 'My parents in Melbourne 2001',
'COLDPLAY1.JPG',200);
EXEC CTX_DDL.SYNC_INDEX('idx_photos_text_desc');
SELECT PHOTO_ID ,TEXT_DESCRIPTION
FROM PHOTOS;
SELECT score(1),PHOTO_ID ,TEXT_DESCRIPTION
FROM PHOTOS
WHERE CONTAINS(TEXT_DESCRIPTION,'parents',1)> 0
ORDER BY score(1) DESC;
SELECT score(1),PHOTO_ID ,TEXT_DESCRIPTION
FROM PHOTOS
WHERE CONTAINS(TEXT_DESCRIPTION,'cold play',1)> 0
ORDER BY score(1) DESC;
SELECT score(1),score(2), PHOTO_ID ,TEXT_DESCRIPTION
FROM photos
WHERE CONTAINS(TEXT_DESCRIPTION,'Melbourne',1)> 0
AND CONTAINS(TEXT_DESCRIPTION,'2005',2)> 0
ORDER BY score(1) DESC;

Hi
You can use the following to insert an image:
create table imagetab(id number primary key,imagfile blob, fcol varchar2(10));
create or replace directory imagefiles as 'c:\'
declare
    v_bfile BFILE;
    v_blob BLOB;
begin
    insert into imagetab (id,imagfile,fcol)
    values (3,empty_blob(),'BINARY')
    return imagfile into v_blob;
    v_bfile := BFILENAME ('IMAGEFILES', 'MyImage.JPG');
    Dbms_Lob.fileopen (v_bfile, Dbms_Lob.File_Readonly);
    Dbms_Lob.Loadfromfile (v_blob, v_bfile, Dbms_Lob.Getlength(v_bfile));
    Dbms_Lob.Fileclose(v_bfile);
    commit;
end;
/

How to insert an image file in Oracle database

hi
can you please tell me how to insert an image file into oracle database????
suppose there is one image file in c:\pictures\rose.jpg. how to insert that file into database? theoretically i know that will be BFILE type but i dont know how to insert that.
will be waiting for your reply........
thanks & regards,
Priyatosh

Hello,
The easiest way to load a blob is to use SQL loader.
This example comes from the utilities guide:
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'sample.dat'
INTO TABLE person_table
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
(name CHAR(20),
1 ext_fname FILLER CHAR(40),
2 "RESUME" LOBFILE(ext_fname) TERMINATED BY EOF)
Datafile (sample.dat)
Johny Quest,jqresume.txt,
Speed Racer,'/private/sracer/srresume.txt',
Secondary Datafile (jqresume.txt)
Johny Quest
500 Oracle Parkway
Secondary Datafile (srresume.txt)
Loading LOBs
10-18 Oracle Database Utilities
Speed Racer
400 Oracle Parkway
regards,
Ivo

Error While Loading XMl Doc into Oracle Database 10g

Hi all,
I have a task that , I have to make a utillity by which we can load XML Doc into a Table. While searching on Internet i found following Procedure on ASK Tom
CREATE OR REPLACE
procedure insert_xml_emps(
p_directory in varchar2, p_filename in varchar2, vtableName in varchar2 )
as
v_filelocator bfile;
v_cloblocator clob;
l_ctx dbms_xmlsave.ctxType;
l_rows number;
begin
dbms_lob.createtemporary(v_cloblocator,true);
v_filelocator := bfilename(p_directory, p_filename);
dbms_lob.open(v_filelocator, dbms_lob.file_readonly);
DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE(v_cloblocator, v_filelocator,
dbms_lob.getlength(v_filelocator));
l_ctx := dbms_xmlsave.newContext(vTableName);
l_rows := dbms_xmlsave.insertxml(l_ctx,v_cloblocator);
dbms_xmlsave.closeContext(l_ctx);
dbms_output.put_line(l_rows || ' rows inserted...');
dbms_lob.close(v_filelocator);
DBMS_LOB.FREETEMPORARY(v_cloblocator);
end ;
when i try to run this procedure
BEGIN
insert_xml_emps('XML_LOAD','load.xml','IBSCOLYTD');
END;
it gaves me following Error
ORA-29532: java call terminated by uncaught java exception : Oracle.xml.sql.OracleXMLSQLException:No
rows to modify-- the row enclosing tag missing. Specify the correct row enclosing tag.
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_XMLSAVE", line 115
ORA-06512: at "EXT_TEST.INSERT_XML_EMPS", line 18
ORA-06512: at line 2
Can anyone describe me this error
Thanks.
Best Regards.

SQL> /* Creating Your table */
SQL> CREATE TABLE IBSCOLYTD
2 (
3 ACTNOI VARCHAR2 (8),
4 MEMONOI NUMBER (7,0),
5 MEMODTEI DATE,
6 AMOUNTI NUMBER (8,0),
7 BRCDSI NUMBER (4,0),
8 TYPEI NUMBER (4,0),
9 TRANSMONI NUMBER (6,0)
10 );
Table created.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE insert_xml_emps(p_directory in varchar2,
2                                              p_filename in varchar2,
3                                              vtableName in varchar2) as
4    v_filelocator    BFILE;
5    v_cloblocator    CLOB;
6    l_ctx            DBMS_XMLSTORE.CTXTYPE;
7    l_rows           NUMBER;
8    v_amount_to_load NUMBER;
9    dest_offset      NUMBER := 1;
10    src_offset       NUMBER := 1;
11    lang_context     NUMBER := DBMS_LOB.DEFAULT_LANG_CTX;
12    warning          NUMBER;
13 BEGIN
14    dbms_lob.createtemporary(v_cloblocator, true);
15    v_filelocator := bfilename(p_directory, p_filename);
16    dbms_lob.open(v_filelocator, dbms_lob.file_readonly);
17    v_amount_to_load := DBMS_LOB.getlength(v_filelocator);
18    --- ***This line is changed*** ---
19    DBMS_LOB.LOADCLOBFROMFILE(v_cloblocator,
20                              v_filelocator,
21                              v_amount_to_load,
22                              dest_offset,
23                              src_offset,
24                              0,
25                              lang_context,
26                              warning);
27
28    l_ctx := DBMS_XMLSTORE.newContext(vTableName);
29    DBMS_XMLSTORE.setRowTag(l_ctx, 'ROWSET');
30    DBMS_XMLSTORE.setRowTag(l_ctx, 'IBSCOLYTD');
31    -- clear the update settings
32    DBMS_XMLStore.clearUpdateColumnList(l_ctx);
33    -- set the columns to be updated as a list of values
34    DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdateColumn(l_ctx, 'ACTNOI');
35    DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdateColumn(l_ctx, 'MEMONOI');
36    DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdatecolumn(l_ctx, 'MEMODTEI');
37    DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdatecolumn(l_ctx, 'AMOUNTI');
38    DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdatecolumn(l_ctx, 'BRCDSI');
39    DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdatecolumn(l_ctx, 'TYPEI');
40    DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdatecolumn(l_ctx, 'TRANSMONI');
41    -- Now insert the doc.
42    l_rows := DBMS_XMLSTORE.insertxml(l_ctx, v_cloblocator);
43    DBMS_XMLSTORE.closeContext(l_ctx);
44    dbms_output.put_line(l_rows || ' rows inserted...');
45    dbms_lob.close(v_filelocator);
46    DBMS_LOB.FREETEMPORARY(v_cloblocator);
47 END;
48 /
Procedure created.
SQL> BEGIN
2 insert_xml_emps('TEST_DIR','load.xml','IBSCOLYTD');
3 END;
4 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT * FROM ibscolytd;
ACTNOI      MEMONOI MEMODTEI     AMOUNTI     BRCDSI      TYPEI TRANSMONI
28004125     251942 05-SEP-92        400        513          1          0
28004125     251943 04-OCT-92        400        513          1          0
SQL>

Error while trying to index a bfile

hi,
I have encountered the following error will trying to index a bfile . Following are the error messages, the listener.ora and creation script. I'm using a AIX Ver 4.3.3 J50 machine and my oracle version is 8.1.7 Thanks
Creation Script
SQL> create or replace directory DOC_DIR as '/u01/oradata/vs/documents/';
Directory created.
SQL> grant read on directory DOC_DIR to ctxsys;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> create table per_doc
2 (per_id number primary key,
3 doc1 bfile);
SQL> insert into per_doc
2 values
3 (1,
4 bfilename('DOC_DIR','816.doc'));
ERROR ENCOUNTER
create index doc_index on per_doc(doc1) indextype is ctxsys.context;
exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program /u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/ctx/bin/ctxhx because of the following errors:
0509-150 Dependent module libsc_da.a(sc_da.o) could not be loaded.
0509-022 Cannot load module libsc_da.a(sc_da.o).
0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
Index created.
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = /u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7)
(ENVS =LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib:/u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/ctx/lib)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
null

Below is the .profile setting for Oracle
ORACLE_BASE=/u05/app/oracle
export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=/u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7
export ORACLE_HOME
LIBPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib:/usr/lib:/lib
export LIBPATH
ORACLE_SID=vs
export ORACLE_SID
CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/product/jlib
export CLASSPATH
I have also granted the read access right to ctxsys as reflected below. Is there any other directories that I need to grant ctxsys access to?
Thanks
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by aw choon hock ([email protected]):
hi,
I have encountered the following error will trying to index a bfile . Following are the error messages, the listener.ora and creation script. I'm using a AIX Ver 4.3.3 J50 machine and my oracle version is 8.1.7 Thanks
Creation Script
SQL> create or replace directory DOC_DIR as '/u01/oradata/vs/documents/';
Directory created.
SQL> grant read on directory DOC_DIR to ctxsys;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> create table per_doc
2 (per_id number primary key,
3 doc1 bfile);
SQL> insert into per_doc
2 values
3 (1,
4 bfilename('DOC_DIR','816.doc'));
ERROR ENCOUNTER
create index doc_index on per_doc(doc1) indextype is ctxsys.context;
exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program /u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/ctx/bin/ctxhx because of the following errors:
0509-150 Dependent module libsc_da.a(sc_da.o) could not be loaded.
0509-022 Cannot load module libsc_da.a(sc_da.o).
0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
Index created.
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = /u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7)
(ENVS =LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib:/u05/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/ctx/lib)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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