Re: Oracle WebServer and images

From: Timothy Taylor <ttaylor_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: 1997/02/28
Message-ID: <33173BCB.8B0_at_us.oracle.com>#1/1


Jeff Rajeck wrote:
>
> We're developing web sites in Oracle and you cannot use images stored in
> the database because you cannot select 'LONG' in PL/SQL.
>
> But the workaround we use is fine -
>
> Just set up an images table with the graphics' attributes and locations
> on the server and use a procedure to call them into your pages. There's
> no need to store them on the database for a web site, since the people
> viewing your site won't know where they come from anyway - your html
> will piece it all together!
>
> Daniel Pinyol wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I've already seen quite a few people asking this, but
> > no answer.
> > Can any Oracle guy say whether this is possible?
> > Isn't Oracle an Universal Database?
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Maciej Mizgajski wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I want to use images stored in LONG RAW in Oracle Server 7.3 in WWW
> > > pages. I have Oracle WebServer 2.0.
> > >
> > > Can someone help me (if possible with a sample code)?
> >
> > --
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 4 Daniel Pinyol Laserna E-Mail: dpinol_at_cesca.es
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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Check out the Oracle Government Web Site at got.us.oracle.com. You can download an extension to the WebServer which will allow you upload blobs into a long raw and then to fetch them out of the database using PL/SQL. Tim Received on Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00:00 CET

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