How to Insert Image in a Column of a table

Question

Hi
I have read several documentations but still could not find any relevant one that can help me in inserting a image in a BLOB column of a table.I have read about DBMS_LOB but still not clear how to insert an image in the table.
I followed following steps :
create table Emp_Identity(Id Number,Photo BLOB);
Insert Into Emp_Identity(1,'d:\vishal.bmp');
Please tell me steps to be followed.
Regards
Vishal Chaudhry
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Answer 1

I am using Developer 2000 Forms 6i as Front End (Oracle 8.1.6)
My table structure is:
SQL> desc test_lob
Name Data Type
ID NUMBER
NAME VARCHAR2(100)
PHOTO BLOB
SOUND BINARY FILE LOB
IS there any way to display the BFILE contents on the frontend.....?
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by vishal chaudhry ([email protected]):
Hi,
I could actually insert an image in a BLOB type column from the backend(Sql plus) not directly but by using BFILE and see that image on the frontend (Forms 6i Developer 2000,Item type is Image as there is nothing like BLOB/BFILE in front end) using the following procedure :
IS there any way I can insert an image directly in a BLOB column from the backend rather than using BFILE?
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE loadLOBFromBFILE_proc IS
Dest_loc BLOB;
Src_loc BFILE := BFILENAME('SOUND_DIR', '123w.bmp');
** SOUND_DIR is a logical directory created by giving path of the server
** Create Directory SOUND_DIR as 'd:\u020\o816\ctx\test'
** d:\u020\o816\ctx is the physical path of the server \\pslndb\ctx$
** test is the dummy testing directory created on the server
** 123w.bmp is lying in the test directory
Amount INTEGER ;
BEGIN
Amount := DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(Src_loc);
SELECT photo INTO Dest_loc FROM test_lob
WHERE ID = 1
FOR UPDATE;
/* Opening the source BFILE is mandatory: */
DBMS_LOB.OPEN(Src_loc, DBMS_LOB.LOB_READONLY);
/* Opening the LOB is optional: */
DBMS_LOB.OPEN(Dest_loc, DBMS_LOB.LOB_READWRITE);
DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE(Dest_loc, Src_loc, Amount);
/* Closing the LOB is mandatory if you have opened it: */
DBMS_LOB.CLOSE(Dest_loc);
DBMS_LOB.CLOSE(Src_loc);
COMMIT;
END;
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