Extracting LONG RAW's (Off Topic)

Hi all,
Do you know of any function/SQL to extract a LONG RAW to a file
from the Oracle Server 8.0.5 Linux?
I.e. I've got records with an ID and a LONG RAW containing binary
data. I want to export the binary data to a file on then
server with the same name as the record ID.
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic but no one else seems to
know if it's even possible ...
TIA, Ben.
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Ben Cant (guest) wrote:
: Hi all,
: Do you know of any function/SQL to extract a LONG RAW to a file
: from the Oracle Server 8.0.5 Linux?
: I.e. I've got records with an ID and a LONG RAW containing
binary
: data. I want to export the binary data to a file on then
: server with the same name as the record ID.
: Sorry if this is a bit off-topic but no one else seems to
: know if it's even possible ...
: TIA, Ben.
We use perl to do this and it works ok.
Regards,
Michael.
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