look into the BLOB datatype (8i and above). You can either store the data
directly or as a BFILE (external file reference).
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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"cschang" <cschang_at_maxinter.net> wrote in message
news:3C426609.20709_at_maxinter.net...
> Is it possible to storage a very larg word file ( more than 4K
> charcaters) or even PDF type file into database? So I can use some kind
> of ID column to be referenced by other . I have a small set of records
> which each row is associated with a larger text file and gif file. So
> I try to put the large word ( or PDF that will include some picture in
> it) into another table but use a foreign ID to reference them. Thanks.
>
> C CHang
>
Received on Mon Jan 14 2002 - 02:38:01 CST
