Uploading image stored in blob & retrieving to disk

Hi there...
Any help will be much appreciated !!!
I have the following to tasks that I needhelp figuring out:
I'm using the intermedia WebAgent and interface with
a jsppage.
1. I have a table with a field that store images. The field
isdeclared as blob datatype. My task is to upload images to the
database from a client side and store it in to server db in this field.
The examples thatI've got from technet are using fields declared
as ordImage.
Can you give me example on how to do this when the db field is a blob ?
2. On the other problem, I need to retrieve an image from the same field,
but be able tostore it directly to a local disk at client side.
Again, the examples I haveis on displaying the image directly on
the web page.
Can you give meexample or way how to retrieve the image and store it
directly to the disk?
Thanks..
null

Some usefull code examples are available @ :
http://technet.oracle.com/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/software_index.htm
and
http://technet.oracle.com/sample_code/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/files/advanced/LOBSample/LOBSample.java
hope these help

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                      (org_name, org_website, org_contact, org_conemail, org_contel, user_id, org_uploadurl, org_uploadcapt)
                      VALUES
                      ('{$org_name}', '{$org_website}', '{$org_contact}', '{$org_conemail}', '{$org_contel}', '{$userid}', '{$destination}".$image['name']."', '{$org_uploadcapt}' )";
            $result = mysql_query($sql, $connection);
            if ($result) {
                $message = "The organiser was successfully created.<br />";
            } else {
                $message = "I am sorry but the organiser could not be added.";
                $message .= "<br />" . mysql_error();
            } else {
                /* this counts the number of errors and informs the user of how many fields were
                incorrectly entered*/
            if (count($errors) == 1) {
                $message = "There was 1 error in the form.";
            } else {
                $message = "There were " . count($errors) . " errors in the form.";
    } else { // Form has not been submitted.
        $org_name = "";
        $org_website = "";
        $org_contact = "";
        $org_conemail = "";
        $org_contel = "";
        $userid = "";
        $org_uploadcapt = "";
//THE FOLLOWING CODE IS FOR THE UPLOADING OF IMAGES AND FILES
// set the max upload size in bytes
if (isset ($_POST ['submit']))
            //define the path to the upload folder
            // Use This On The Local Hosting Machine
            //$destination = 'C:/upload_test/';
            // Use This On The Live Server
            require_once('classes/Upload.php');
            try {
                $upload = new Gp1_Upload($destination);
                $upload->setMaxSize($max);
                $upload->move();
                $result = $upload->getMessages();
            } catch (Exception $e) {
                echo $e->getMessage();
// END OF UPLOADING OF IMAGES AND FILES
?>
<title>Horse Events</title>
<?php include_once("includes/meta.inc.php");?>
<?php include_once("includes/cssfavgoogle.inc.php");?>
<link href="css/adminpanel.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style>
input[type="number"] {
    width:40px;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
    <div id="admincontent">
<form id="newvenue" action="neworganiser.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
      <?php if (!empty ($message)) {echo "<p class=\"message\">" . $message . "</p>";} ?>
      <?php if (!empty ($errors)) {display_errors($errors); } ?>
      <?php
          // THIS CODE DISPLAYS ERROR MESSAGES FOR THE FILE UPLOADS
          if (isset($result)){
          echo '<ul>';
          foreach ($result as $message){
              echo "<li>$message</li>";
          echo '</ul>';
       ?>
<br />
      <table id="neweventdisplay" cellpadding="5" border="0">
    <tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="<?php echo $url_userid ['user_id']; ?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <span class="compuls">*</span></td>
    <td>Organisers Name</td>
    <td><input class="input80px" id="org_name" name="org_name" type="text" />
     </td>
</tr>
      <tr>
      <td><span class="compuls">*</span></td>
    <td>Their Website</td>
    <td><input class="input80px" id="org_website" name="org_website" type="text" /></td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td><span class="compuls">*</span></td>
    <td>Organisers Contact</td>
    <td><input id="org_contact" name="org_contact" type="text" />eg: Mrs Jean Kelly</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td><span class="compuls">*</span></td>
    <td>Contact Email</td>
    <td><input class="input80px" id="org_conemail" name="org_conemail" type="text" />
      </td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td><span class="compuls">*</span></td>
<td>Contact Tel No.</td>
<td><input id="org_contel" name="org_contel" type="text" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><label for="image">Upload image:</label></td>
<td><p>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="<?php echo $max; ?>" />
<input type="file" name="image" id="image" />
</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Details about your upload</td>
<td><input class="input80px" id="org_uploadcapt" name="org_uploadcapt" type="text" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Add Your Organiser"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="heading"> </td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
<a class="delete" href="controlpanel.php">Cancel</a>
</form>
    </div>
I have added the code you kindly forwarded but am getting an error, I am still trying to learn the basics of php and am unsure of what to do next, my php Upload.php now looks like
<?php
class Gp1_Upload{
protected $_uploaded = array();
protected $_destination;
protected $_max = 100000;
protected $_messages = array();
protected $_permitted = array('image/gif',
                                'image/jpeg',
                                'image/pjpeg',
                                'image/png');
protected $_renamed = false;
protected $_filenames = array();
public function __construct($path) {
    if (!is_dir($path) || !is_writable($path)) {
      throw new Exception("$path must be a valid, writable directory.");
    $this->_destination = $path;
    $this->_uploaded = $_FILES;
public function getMaxSize() {
    return number_format($this->_max/100000, 1) . 'kB';
public function setMaxSize($num) {
    if (!is_numeric($num)) {
      throw new Exception("Maximum size must be a number.");
    $this->_max = (int) $num;
public function move($overwrite = false) {
    $field = current($this->_uploaded);
    if (is_array($field['name'])) {
      foreach ($field['name'] as $number => $filename) {
        // process multiple upload
        $this->_renamed = false;
        $this->processFile($filename, $field['error'][$number], $field['size'][$number], $field['type'][$number], $field['tmp_name'][$number], $overwrite);
    } else {
      $this->processFile($field['name'], $field['error'], $field['size'], $field['type'], $field['tmp_name'], $overwrite);
public function getMessages() {
    return $this->_messages;
protected function checkError($filename, $error) {
    switch ($error) {
      case 0:
        return true;
      case 1:
      case 2:
        $this->_messages[] = "$filename exceeds maximum size: " . $this->getMaxSize();
        return true;
      case 3:
        $this->_messages[] = "Error uploading $filename. Please try again.";
        return false;
      case 4:
        $this->_messages[] = 'No file selected.';
        return false;
      default:
        $this->_messages[] = "System error uploading $filename. Contact webmaster.";
        return false;
protected function checkSize($filename, $size) {
    if ($size == 0) {
      return false;
    } elseif ($size > $this->_max) {
      $this->_messages[] = "$filename exceeds maximum size: " . $this->getMaxSize();
      return false;
    } else {
      return true;
protected function checkType($filename, $type) {
    if (empty($type)) {
      return false;
    } elseif (!in_array($type, $this->_permitted)) {
      $this->_messages[] = "$filename is not a permitted type of file.";
      return false;
    } else {
      return true;
public function addPermittedTypes($types) {
    $types = (array) $types;
    $this->isValidMime($types);
    $this->_permitted = array_merge($this->_permitted, $types);
protected function isValidMime($types) {
    $alsoValid = array('image/tiff',
                       'application/pdf',
                       'text/plain',
                       'text/rtf');
      $valid = array_merge($this->_permitted, $alsoValid);
    foreach ($types as $type) {
      if (!in_array($type, $valid)) {
        throw new Exception("$type is not a permitted MIME type");
protected function checkName($name, $overwrite) {
    $nospaces = str_replace(' ', '_', $name);
    if ($nospaces != $name) {
      $this->_renamed = true;
    if (!$overwrite) {
      $existing = scandir($this->_destination);
      if (in_array($nospaces, $existing)) {
        $dot = strrpos($nospaces, '.');
        if ($dot) {
          $base = substr($nospaces, 0, $dot);
          $extension = substr($nospaces, $dot);
        } else {
          $base = $nospaces;
          $extension = '';
        $i = 1;
        do {
          $nospaces = $base . '_' . $i++ . $extension;
        } while (in_array($nospaces, $existing));
        $this->_renamed = true;
    return $nospaces;
protected function processFile($filename, $error, $size, $type, $tmp_name, $overwrite) {
    $OK = $this->checkError($filename, $error);
    if ($OK) {
      $sizeOK = $this->checkSize($filename, $size);
      $typeOK = $this->checkType($filename, $type);
      if ($sizeOK && $typeOK) {
        $name = $this->checkName($filename, $overwrite);
        $success = move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $this->_destination . $name);
        if ($success) {
            $message = "$filename uploaded successfully";
            if ($this->_renamed) {
              $message .= " and renamed $name";
            $this->_messages[] = $message;
        } else {
          $this->_messages[] = "Could not upload $filename";
public getFilenames() {
    return $this->_filenames;
?>
The error is Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_VARIABLE.
I have not worked with oop before and have only very briefly looked at the principle was on my foundation degree.

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