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Re: Viewing Blobs

From: Tim Arnold <timkarnold_at_comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 07:38:06 -0200
Message-ID: <JhednUE74pS3c9WjXTWcqg@comcast.com>


Someone may correct me, but my experience is that You basically need to write it back out to your OS and display it with whatever viewer you would normally use. There are examples using VB script .

"Rogbaker" <Rogbaker_at_gdi.net> wrote in message news:e40a12ea.0302101409.2ff31988_at_posting.google.com...
> I have an Oracle 8i database that is the db for a website. I want to
> have a table with a Blob field that will allow a user to upload a
> resume and store it in the database. I assume the resume could be a
> .jpg, a word .doc, .txt, .pdf, or whatever. I have managed to insert
> an image into my table:
> Name Null? Type
> ----------------------------------------- --------
> ----------------------------
> IMAGE_ID NUMBER(38)
> IMAGE_DATA BLOB
>
> but I don't know how to view it. Do I need Oracle Forms or something?
> Thanks for any tips or links to a website with a similar tutorial.
Received on Tue Feb 11 2003 - 03:38:06 CST

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