Re: Blobs in Oracle ?

From: Glenn Elliott <gee7759_at_bcstec.boeing.com>
Date: 25 Mar 92 17:44:26 GMT
Message-ID: <2114_at_bcstec.boeing.com>


csa09_at_seq1.keele.ac.uk (P. Singleton) writes:
>Wot are "blobs"?

(B)inary (L)arge (OB)jects.
With BLOBS, you can store large objects (even compiled programs) in the database and manipulate them just like you would any other data. I've seen or heard of applications that store icons, full images, sounds, subroutines, and more.

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Received on Wed Mar 25 1992 - 18:44:26 CET

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