Help:- Store Word file in database using blob

Question

Hai all,
i want to store word document in database and reterieve from database but i don't have any idea i heared about blob but i don't know how to make it any one have source code or example form pls send me
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Answer 1

Hello,
First of all, you have got to be granted the privilege to read and write to the file system, this is a must to use BFile read access.
A global function bfilename returns a bfile taking the file path as an argument is needed to construct a blob object through dbms_lob.loadfromfile.
A very helpful example I found on orafaq follows:Create a link to the directory where the file to load in the blob is
(connect as system then grant read privilege to your user):
create or replace directory blob_dir as 'C:\Documents';
Custom the following procedure that I copied from a Thread
create or replace procedure blob_ins(p_id in number, p_filename in
varchar2) as
l_bfile bfile;
l_blob blob;
begin
insert into blob_test(p_id, empty_blob())
returning blob_file into l_blob;
l_bfile := bfilename('BLOB_DIR', p_filename);
dbms_lob.fileopen(l_bfile);
dbms_lob.loadfromfile(l_blob, l_bfile, dbms_lob.getlength(l_bfile));
dbms_lob.fileclose(l_bfile);
commit;
return;
end blob_ins;
You can use UTL_FILE package in another way, but this is much more safe;
Have Fun
Hossam Al Din