Problem with uploading images in interMedia

Question

Hi,
I'm a newbie trying to upload images to the Database (Oracle 10g release 2) using interMedia. I created a test table called hmm:
create table hmm(product_id number, product_photo blob);
Then I tried to insert the image into the table :
SQL> insert into hmm (product_id, product_photo) values
(3003,ORDImage.init('FILE','MEDIA_DIR','mvd.jpg'));
and I got the following error :
insert into hmm (product_id, product_photo) values (3003,ORDImage.init('FILE','MEDIA_DIR','mvd.jpg'))
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected BLOB got ORDSYS.ORDIMAGE
Can somebody explain.
Thanks,
Steve

Answer 1

Hi Steve,
Yes, you created your table with a 'blob' type:
create table hmm(product_id number, product_photo blob);
But your insert assumes the product_photo column is an ORDImage type:
SQL> insert into hmm (product_id, product_photo) values
(3003,ORDImage.init('FILE','MEDIA_DIR','mvd.jpg'));
The error: "ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected BLOB got ORDSYS.ORDIMAGE" is telling you it expected a BLOB in your insert because your table was created with a BLOB type.
If you change your table creation to this it should work:
create table hmm(product_id number, product_photo ORDSYS.ORDIMAGE);
You might want to take a look at the interMedia Image Quick Start on Oracle Technology Network. It should get you up and running quickly. You can find it here:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/intermedia/htdocs/intermedia_quickstart/intermedia_quickstart.html
Good luck,
Sue