Storing images inside the database

hi,
we are running oracle 9ir2 on Solaris and would like to know how to go about achiving the following:
would like to be able to read/write/create/delete bitmap image files in a file share on the same server as the database which would be stored in a table within our schema in the form <filename varchar2>,<image-file-contents blob>
Is this possible?! If so - any pointers in the right direction would be great!
thanks,
p

To some extent, this was covered a few days ago in the PL/SQL forum. There are some examples of uploading image files to blobs in the database here.
upload any file (like .DOC,.JDG) to oracle database?
If you want the images to be visible on a file system, you may want to use BFILE's, rather than BLOB's. BFILE's are essentially pointers in the database to file system objects, while BLOB's are stored completely in the database. The major disadvantages of BFILE's are that
- the file may be deleted or moved, leaving the Oracle BFILE pointing at nothing
- the file won't be backed up with the rest of the database
Going up a level of sophistication, you could store the images using interMedia. This gives you significantly more options for manipulating the images within the database.
Finally, you can use Oracle iFS (or whatever it's been renamed to today) to provide a file system interface to an Oracle database. This is the most robust of the options, but is also the most work to configure.
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC

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