Re: database table as file system

Bloody hell Ethel, I didn't know this existed. This is exactly what I want. Thank you very much!
Monty

bigjobbies_at_hotmail.com (Ethel Aardvark) wrote in message news:<1a8fec49.0303200056.1a3e125_at_posting.google.com>...
> You could use iFS.
>
> It allows you to map a network drive to store data in the Oracle
> database. Whilst the files are not quite stored as you requested, they
> are accessible in this way via a series of views.
>
> You can also have a full directory structure (which your method
> precludes) and can also store other types of objects (e.g., files with
> additional attributes), although this needs a little coding.
>
> If you need to modify the files programatically, there are a while
> load of methods available too.
>
> Regards,
>
> ETA.
>
>
> "Ana C. Dent" <anacedent_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<f59ea.4469$Bq6.2398_at_fed1read02>...
> > Monty wrote:
> > > All, I have a client that has a requirement to put files (text
> > > documents, bitmaps, excel spreadsheets) into an Oracle database from
> > > desktop applications. For simplicity for the users what I want to
> > > offer is a product that maps a network drive as a simple database
> > > table containing, for example, the filename and the file (a blob),
> > > giving the impression that the table is a disk drive.
> > >
> > > Is anyone aware of an existing commercial product that would enable me
> > > to "copy files from the desktop to, for example, the H: drive" when
> > > really what is being done is importing a file from the desktop to a
> > > blob in a database table.
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > Monty
> >
> > Why "MUST" the files reside in an Oracle database?
> > Why can't the files remain in/on the filesystem
> > with just a "pointer" within the database?
Received on Thu Mar 20 2003 - 21:36:16 CET