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Re: Inserting and exporting an excel spreadsheet to the database?

From: James Williams <willjamu_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 15:53:57 GMT
Message-ID: <3cf3a7db.11398496@nntp.mindspring.com>


On 28 May 2002 06:41:08 -0700, rgaffuri_at_cox.net (Ryan Gaffuri) wrote:

DBMS_LOB is the API to use. Much on Metalink. I have seen PDF's stuffed into the database via this mechanism.

>I know I can do this with a Long Raw, but I dont know how. Can someone
>point me to some documentation? Are there built-ins to handle this?
>How about using a BLOB?
>
>Also, once I have it in the database, how do I export the data to a
>file? I cant use UTL_FILE since that is for text files?
>
>Once last thing, can I execute a spreadsheet that is currently saved
>in the database using OO4O or some other handler?
Received on Tue May 28 2002 - 10:53:57 CDT

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