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Re: Storing Word Files on DB

From: Christopher Spence <cspence_at_delphi-tech.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:07:50 -0400
Message-ID: <njrZN8ROfalRqV8He5zyTxONk60R@4ax.com>


I would be interested in this, I tried to email you for that source but I got faliure message, if you would be so kind to send it to cspence @ delphi-tech .com

On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 01:31:53 GMT, shmurphy_at_my-deja.com wrote:

>In article <37D82AF4.B7F8F85_at_vossnet.co.uk>,
> Mark Gumbs <mgumbs_at_vossnet.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Our client requiers the functionality of storing word files on the
>> database side.
>> Which oracle packages, if any, allows us to do this. I think BLOBs
>may
>> play a part somewhere.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>Mark, I'm doing exactly this at my client's site. However, I'm using a
>Visual Basic front end, Oracle 8.0 database, and Microsoft ODBC drivers.
>I'm saving the document data as LONG_RAW (binary) and letting Word
>convert it back when it's reloaded later. If you're using Oracle's
>drivers, you'd probably use CLOB. I'd be happy to e-mail you some code.
>E-mail me at shmurphy_at_wfubmc.edu tomorrow (9/10/99) if interested
>[although not sure of your time zone difference].
>-Murf
>
>
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Received on Fri Sep 10 1999 - 12:07:50 CDT

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