Re: RePost: Oracle Image Server?

From: Mark Townsend <mtownsen_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:59:25 -0800
Message-ID: <36A8D89D.834DE407@us.oracle.com>

Bing -

> >Some one mentioned Oracle Iamge Server, but I could not find them on
> >Oracle site. Does Oracle 8 support image storing and retrieving? Or it
> >needs add-on?

There is no such product, the person you talked to may be confused with Oracle Video Server, whic is a high end product for delivering multiple streams of video, typically used in VOD and NVOD applications

Images can be stored in both Oracle7 and Oracle8 in the base product, I would recommend using Oracle8 with BLOBs. We also provide some cartridges that extend the database to provide image management capabilities and image searching, namely...

> >Someone also mentioned Oracle8 Image Cartridge and Visual Information
> >Retrieval Cartridge, can someone give me some explanation on these?

For more details on these cartridges, see http://www.oracle.com/st/cartridges/imagevir/

Hope this helps Received on Fri Jan 22 1999 - 13:59:25 CST