Jpgs or bmps in RTFs to be stored in CLOBs?

Which should be used in the templates of the various letterheads of RTF documents to be subsequently stored as Oracle 10G CLOBs-- JPGs or BMPs? Although JPGs start smaller than BMPs, the JPGs in RTFs have larger file sizes than those of BMPs in RTFs. Has anyone done any size studies that looked at this in CLOBs?

Are you storing the entire RTF file in the database? If no, then I would suggest using the JPGs. I wouldn't worry too much about the size of the RTF on file system. I would only worry about the size of the binary going into the Database.
But one question. Do you want to use CLOB for JPG and BMPs? Consider using BLOB rather.

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I have a Mid 2010 iMac OX Yos 10.10.1 with an HP all in one printer/scanner. I am scanning a document to file and it is saving as a pdf I am trying to edit the document and the program i use to edit things like this is Paintbrush. However, for me to use this app to edit my project, the file must be in jpg or bmp format. Scanning the file as a photo to file is not an option either because for some odd reason it only scans the upper right hand corner of the document. I need to get this done TODAY any help on how to convert/change a file format would be AWESOME and would be indebted for life !!!!
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Stacielou

Scanning to a PDF is a waste of time. I really don't understand why people do that. All you're doing is embedding a raster image (a TIFF, JPEG, etc.) inside a container file (the PDF). It doesn't save a bit of space. Scan images to what they are; a raster file.
Your problem though is your junky scanning software doesn't work as it's supposed to when you do choose JPEG, or other raster pixel format, and only correctly scans the area you want when you choose PDF.
Open the PDF in Preview and export it as the highest quality JPEG, or a TIFF. You'll then be able to open it in Paintbrush.

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Hi
I would like to transfer the Image file from one Legacy System to SAP R/3 server which then ABAPers can utilize using TCode: SE78.
But here are the constraints -->
*) The Legacy System is providing the Image file in JPEG format Only.
*) SAP R/3 TCode : SE78, can only take the files in BMP format.
*) Even if you simply change the extension of JPEG file to BMP, then SAP R/3 is not accepting that file which suggest it needs typical BMP file only.
I referred this thread also
Error while uploading *.BMP file using SE78
In this thread user actually resolves his problem after using a tool which explicitly converted a JPG to BMP but they are not using XI.
Now is their any way with which JPG can be converted to BMP. I found couple of tools but they require the file first ( using browse option ) & then they will convert it, mean you can't call them using XI & provide that file as an argument.
I just need to know what you all think, is it possible to convert the JPG to BMP using XI or not. Also are you aware of any Java/.NET which can actually take the Image file ( JPG format ) & convert it & provide it back.
Regards
- Lalit -

Hi Lalit,
I've made a quick search and in my opinion the better thing you can do, is to create a Java routine to convert JPG to BMP.
you can use JAI (Java Advanced imaging) to read input stream (JPG format), and convert into a BMP format.
<a href="http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/forDevelopers/jai1_0_1guide.pdf">This PDF</a> contains the JAI documentation and some examples.
I hope it will help.
Best regards
Manuel

Conver jpg to bmp

Hi all,
i need to convert JPG to BMP cause i want to display the picture via smartform.
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I know that many asked it before ,but i dint find answer.
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open jpg file .
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Is it possible to convert JPG to BMP within SAP ?

Hi SAP Friends,
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Hi Niranjan,
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How to read XML data stored in CLOB in Concurrent prog Output

Hi All,
I'm trying to Generate the XML Data as concurrent Program output. I have a PL/SQL package which generated the XML data by using SQL/XML functions. I'm storing the generated XML data in a CLOB variable. But when i try to read the data using fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.OUTPUT,XML_Data) it doesn't display data more than 32767 bytes.
Please help me out to understand what could be done to read the data in chunks. I have tried many logic's to print chunks of data but the output tags are either chopped off and errors out saying Tag not found.
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Hi,
Thanks for Replying. I have refered http://blog.oraclecontractors.com/?p=69 and then i added that piece of code. Basically, i'm trying to generate a report using XML publisher. To generate the XML data i'm writing a pl/sql package with SQl/XML functions. DBMS_XMLGEN would help me convert the XML Data as is. When the concurrent program runs this XML data will merge with RTF layout and generate required report. I'm able to generate the Report for data less then 32767 bytes. More than the limit i need to pass chunks of XML data to read as output. That's the reason i'm using fnd_file.output. But it reads only 32767 size at a time.
WHen i use the given logic, it works perfectly fine, but it loops for each character, for example if you have 30,000 characters it loops the same, which is peformance burden.
So i tried to write the logic of chunks but still i get the error that XML tag is not found or missing. I'm hoping this is very common issue, but after all my trails, i didn't find the right solution.
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Hi All,
i am new to Oracle and new to SQL
i am trying to update XML data stored in CLOB cloumn,data is stored with the follwoing format
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Hi,
You should have created your own thread for this, and included database version.
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Table created
SQL>
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2 values(
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4 <Entity>
5 <ASSIGNMENT>
6 <OAVendorLocation> </OAVendorLocation>
7 <Vendorid>1</Vendorid>
8 </ASSIGNMENT>
9 </Entity>
10 </Message>'
11 );
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Commit complete
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2 extractvalue(xmltype(xml_clob),'/Message/Entity/ASSIGNMENT/OAVendorLocation')
3 || '*' as result
4 from t_org;
RESULT
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2 updatexml(xmltype(xml_clob),
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4 ;
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SQL> select '*' ||
2 extractvalue(xmltype(xml_clob),'/Message/Entity/ASSIGNMENT/OAVendorLocation')
3 || '*' as result
4 from t_org;
RESULT
*LONDON*
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If not then it's expected behaviour, you're trying to update a text() node that doesn't exist. In this case, the solution is to use appendChildXML to create the text() node, or update the whole element.
Is it your real document? Do you actually have some namespaces?

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Hello,
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When it is stored in CLOB column, I get error message:
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EXCEPTION
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1
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Hi folks, I'm having a bit of trouble. I can't see why BufferedImage img is returning null. Can anyone spot anything?
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Converting all images in F:\Documents and Settings\Eric\My Documents\testnewto bitmap images.
Images will be saved in F:\Documents and Settings\Eric\My Documents\rawdata.
Created directory: F:\Documents and Settings\Eric\My Documents\rawdata
Ignored file .DS_Store because it is not an image.
Ignored file ._.DS_Store because it is not an image.
Converting 1.jpg to bitmap.
Problem with image file.
Converting 2.jpg to bitmap.
Problem with image file.
Converting 3.jpg to bitmap.
Problem with image file.
Converting 4.jpg to bitmap.
Problem with image file.
Converting 5.jpg to bitmap.
Problem with image file.
Ignored file Results because it is not an image.
Ignored file testnewtrain.txt because it is not an image.
Ignored file Thumbs.db because it is not an image.
Ignored file train.txt because it is not an image.
Job done.And an error:
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        at javax.imageio.ImageIO.write(ImageIO.java:1457)
        at javax.imageio.ImageIO.write(ImageIO.java:1521)Obviously, for whatever reason img isn't initialising, but I can't see why not. It's probably something silly. Any suggestions?
Eric
Edited by: escocialite on Apr 9, 2008 2:42 PM

Obviously, for whatever reason img isn't initialising, but I can't see why not.I ran your code through a test, and as expected, it performed flawlessly.
It's probably something silly.Can't tell, since it worked for me.
Any suggestions?Run this SSCCE which works flawlessly or me and see how it works for you.
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import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
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      File folder = chooser.getSelectedFile();
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      for (File file : files) {
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            } catch (IOException ex) {
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