Re: storing/displaying PDF in Oracle 8i

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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 06:29:06 GMT
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In article <7VbC5.97696$Qx4.3118097_at_news1.rdc1.il.home.com>, "Mike Morgan" <mike.g.morgan_at_home.com> wrote:
> I'm sure this has been asked (although I haven't found a good answer
yet)...
>
> How does one store Adobe Acrobat PDF files in an Oracle 8i database
and them
> retrieve them to be displayed by Acrobat Reader? We are running
8.1.6 on an
> HP 9000 running HP-UX 11.0. Does this require interMedia? Oracle
Internet
> Filesystem? or maybe just effective use of the DBMS_LOB package?
>
> DISCLAIMER -- I am an experienced Oracle DBA but not an experienced
Oracle
> developer. Our development staff has come to the DBAs with this need
and I
> would like to be able to give them a decent answer - which is why I
come to
> the font of all Oracle wisdom ....
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
>
>

It would appear that you will need to install the InterMEDIA option to handle PDF files.

--
David Fitzjarrell
Oracle Certified DBA


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