Inserting Multiple Images into oracle database using JDBC

Question

I wanted to insert multiple images into database using JDBC by reading it from the file... and i am passing photos.txt(my text file) as an input parameter... I have inserted all the values into the database except for the image part... this is my content of photos.txt file and i have copied all the images into the folder
*" C:\\photos "*
*1,in1.jpg,108,19,in-n-out*
*2,in2.jpg,187,21,in-n-out*
*3,in3.jpg,308,41,in-n-out*
*4,in4.jpg,477,52,in-n-out*
*5,in5.jpg,530,50,in-n-out*
and i want to store in1.jpg,in2.jpg,in3.jpg,in4.jpg,in5.jpg into the oracle databse using JDBC.... i have tried a lot using BLOB column.... and i have created my table as
CREATE TABLE PHOTO(
ID NUMBER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY ,
Name BLOB,
X DOUBLE PRECISION,
Y DOUBLE PRECISION,
Tags VARCHAR2(40)
  try {                 // for restaurant System.out.println();System.out.println();System.out.println(); System.out.print("  Creating Statement for Photo...\n");             stmt2 = con.createStatement ();                       stmt2.executeUpdate("delete from PHOTO"); stmt2.executeUpdate("commit"); PreparedStatement stmt3 = con.prepareStatement ("INSERT INTO PHOTO VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");             System.out.print("  Create FileReader Object for file: " + inputFileName1 + "...\n");             FileReader inputFileReader2 = new FileReader(inputFileName1);             System.out.print("  Create BufferedReader Object for FileReader Object...\n");             BufferedReader inputStream2  = new BufferedReader(inputFileReader2);             String inLine2 = null;                         String[] tokens; //            String[] imageFilenames = {"c:\\photos\\in1.jpg","c:\\photos\\in2.jpg","c:\\photos\\in3.jpg","c:\\photos\\in4.jpg","c:\\photos\\in5.jpg", //  "c:\\photos\\in6.jpg","c:\\photos\\in7.jpg","c:\\photos\\in8.jpg","c:\\photos\\in9.jpg","c:\\photos\\in10.jpg","c:\\photos\\arb1.jpg","c:\\photos\\arb2.jpg", //  "c:\\photos\\arb3.jpg","c:\\photos\\arb4.jpg","c:\\photos\\arb5.jpg","c:\\photos\\den1.jpg","c:\\photos\\den2.jpg","c:\\photos\\den3.jpg", //  "c:\\photos\\den4.jpg","c:\\photos\\den5.jpg","c:\\photos\\hop1.jpg","c:\\photos\\hop2.jpg","c:\\photos\\hop3.jpg","c:\\photos\\hop4.jpg","c:\\photos\\hop5.jpg"};               File file = new File("C:\\photos\\in1.jpg");            \\ ( Just for example  )           FileInputStream fs = new FileInputStream(file);                         while ((inLine2 = inputStream2.readLine()) != null) {               tokens= inLine2.split(",");             st2 = new StringTokenizer(inLine2, DELIM);                                                             stmt3.setString(1, tokens[0]);               stmt3.setBinaryStream(2, fs, (int)(file.length()));               stmt3.setString(3, tokens[2]);               stmt3.setString(4, tokens[3]);               stmt3.setString(5, tokens[4]);               stmt3.execute(); //execute the prepared statement               stmt3.clearParameters(); 
As i am able to enter one image file by above code in1.jpg in to the oracle database.... but i am not able to insert all the image file in to the database.....do tell me what should i do.... and can you give me the example on the basis of the above code of mine...
do reply as soon as possible..

Answer 1

jwenting wrote:
that depends. Putting the images in BLOBs prevents the file locations stored in the database from getting out of synch with the filesystem when sysadmins decide to reorganise directory structures or "archive" "old" files that noone uses anyway.True, but it really comes down to a business decision (cost-benefit analysis). If you have the bucks, the expertise, and the time, go with the Blobs, otherwise go with the flat files.