Re: how to get a BLOB from a table to OS?

dominica_at_gmail.com wrote:
> HI Daniel,
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Though, I am running 8.1.7.4 .
> I still will try it out.
>
> Actually, I found out it is very easy to do in Perl-DBI,
> but I just need to get Perl-DBI installed.
>
> Dominica

Don't waste your time ... it is only going to work in 10g.

Which given that 8i is in desupport is where your primary focus should be: Upgrading.

You will get superior performance.
Superior scalability
Superior security
SarbOx and HIPAA compliance capability
plus most importantly
A resume' that will get you another job.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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