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BLOB value null: empty locator [message #311815] Sun, 06 April 2008 23:56 Go to next message
me_arindam
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Registered: March 2008
Location: India
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Hi,

I have a table called image

in this table two columns are there:
1. image_id
2. image
image column is og BLOB type.

Please let me know is it mandatory to set empty locator to the image column beforupdating it to a not null value from null value?

Means,
initially i want to insert a null value to that column.
Can I do that like,
insert into image values ( 1,null);

an then update like
update image
set image = 'A'
where image_id = 1;


Or initially I need to set empty_blob() to image column like:
insert into image values ( 1,empty_blob());
and then update that column.

Without the empty locator can't I set the value null?

Thanks,
Arindam
Re: BLOB value null: empty locator [message #311828 is a reply to message #311815] Mon, 07 April 2008 00:54 Go to previous message
Michel Cadot
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This is NOT an expert question. Why did you post this in expert forum and not in newbie one?

It is clearly stated in the forum description: "Newbies should not post to this forum!"
Expert notion is defined in the sticky: Not an EXPERT? Post in the NEWBIES forum, NOT here
Rules are described in: OraFAQ Forum Guide
Read them, follow them including what is said about formatting.

As you are an expert, I don't answer the question because you obviously already knows it.

Regards
Michel
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