using setBlob()

[prakash chauhan]

Hi i have a question.
I have got a table with Data Type BLOB in mysql database

i have a jsp page with <html:file > input and that gives me the
FormFile object in my ActionForm using which i can get the InputStream Object , but i can't figure out how to save it to the the table using setBlob on my prepared Statement.
i was thinking about calling setBinary() on my prepared statement but it needs a third argument the length of the data and thats where i am getting stuck

-thanks.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Prakash,
I recommend not using the setBlob function due to the difficulty you described with creating a Blob. Instead, I would use setBinaryStream(). There is a version of the method that only takes two parameters, so you don't need the length.

[Rob Spoor]

That method has only been introduced in Java 1.6, so many drivers don't support it yet. You'd also have to upgrade to Java EE 5 to be compatible.

[prakash chauhan]

Thanks for the help.
well i am using 1.5
but some how i was able to use setBinaryStream().
What i did was like this. I got FormFile object from my Action Form
from FormFile i got InputStream and a lenght property
Then i used

setBinary(1,inputStream,formFile.length());

the problem i am facing now is using the above mentioned code i am able to save a .jpeg file to my database (which is of type Blob) however when i try to save an audio file (.mp3, or .wmv) i get the error message that
the "query exceeded the max_allowed_packets " i am using MySQL as my Database server.

is it something(some variable) i need to set somewhere in my MySQL server?
-Thanks.
[ November 20, 2007: Message edited by: prakash chauhan ]

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Thank you Rob. I hadn't noticed that I was looking at the latest version of the API. I had used the version of the API that does take a length and was just trying to verify the parameters.