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From: Andrew Babb <andrewb@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Fwd: File organizer]
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:05:01 +0800
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To: Marc Mazerolle <informaze@sympatico.ca>

Marc,

Would you consider Oracle8 v8.0. Within the Object side of O8, you have the
BFILE data type, which I believe will offer what you need, the ability to
store a file reference inside the Oracle database as though it is inline
with the table.

Andrew

Marc Mazerolle wrote:

> Subject: File organizer
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:46:44 -0400
> From: Marc Mazerolle <informaze@sympatico.ca>
> Organization: InforMaze Inc.
> To: oracle list <oracle@telelists.com>
>
> Fellow listers,
>
> We are now trying to identify tools for our customer to organize
> unstructured files.
>
> Originally, we tought of just telling them to store the various files in
> NT directory structures. They came back to us and stated that directory
> structures would not permit entering a description, a subject, or other
> information fields about the file received on diskette.
>
> In this system, we already have an Oracle database to receive the
> "structured" files into structured tables. We are now discussing
> internally about finding a tools that would, simillarly to NT directory
> structure, permit loading the unstructure files (or maybe just a link to
> it's physical location) into the database and allow the "importer" to
> add descriptive fields about the file that could later be searched.
>
> Anyone know of any third party (or Oracle) tools to do that ?
>
> Note : Don't reply Oracle 8i.... it's not stable enought for us to
> propose it to the customer....
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc Mazerolle

Marc Mazerolle wrote:

> Subject: File organizer
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:46:44 -0400
> From: Marc Mazerolle <informaze@sympatico.ca>
> Organization: InforMaze Inc.
> To: oracle list <oracle@telelists.com>
>
> Fellow listers,
>
> We are now trying to identify tools for our customer to organize
> unstructured files.
>
> Originally, we tought of just telling them to store the various files in
> NT directory structures. They came back to us and stated that directory
> structures would not permit entering a description, a subject, or other
> information fields about the file received on diskette.
>
> In this system, we already have an Oracle database to receive the
> "structured" files into structured tables. We are now discussing
> internally about finding a tools that would, simillarly to NT directory
> structure, permit loading the unstructure files (or maybe just a link to
> it's physical location) into the database and allow the "importer" to
> add descriptive fields about the file that could later be searched.
>
> Anyone know of any third party (or Oracle) tools to do that ?
>
> Note : Don't reply Oracle 8i.... it's not stable enought for us to
> propose it to the customer....
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc Mazerolle