Re: iFS?

Billy,

I haven't tried iFS, but have researched it quite a bit in the hopes of using it once available. Now it's available and I find out Oracle has gone Java crazy with all their programs and you need to program in Java to change anything from it's default setup.

Anyway, the problem with BFILE's is that the database does not know anything about them, or if they are even there at all. With iFS you can physically store the files in the database. Then you can delete and move things around. You can also back all the files up using whatever method of backup you are currently implementing, since they are inside a database and not external to it. Something that can be quite helpful if you have a drive failure.

Steve

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:17:58 +0800, "Billy Collins" <billy_collins_at_mydeja.com> wrote:

>> This should help:
>> http://www.oracle.com/database/options/ifs/index.html?collateral.html
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>Thanks Shashank, for the response. But I am interested in finding out the
>issues with using a BFILE instead of iFS.
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>I know the rigmarole with using a BFILE -- going through the DBMS_LOB
>package and all that instead of ordinary selects/inserts. Does this change
>with the iFS? It says that the files etc are saved on the filesystem itself.
>How would I then map these things into my webpages?
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>Would appreciate any experiences.
>
>Billy Collins
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>DBA/Software Engineer
>Live Theatre.com
>
  Received on Sun Sep 17 2000 - 20:39:51 CDT