Image retreival from oracle and display in java

[kumar lakkapragada]

Hi,
Thanks in advance.
Kindly let me know how to store an image in Oracle database, retrieve from the database to display it in Java.
Regards,
Rama Kumar

[Kathy Shkarlet]

Hi Kumar,
I assume you already have your image as a binary file.
You would need to store it in a BLOB (binary large object) column in the database - plain JDBC does it nicely.
Then just use a Swing component or awt Graphics object to show it.
Kathy

[Jamie Robertson]

http://otn.oracle.com/sample_code/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/files/advanced/advanced.htm
check out the LOB example.
Jamie

[Madhav Lakkapragada]

LOB
I thought the BFILE was better... http://otn.oracle.com/sample_code/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/files/advanced/BFILESample/README.txt

architect.gif - Image file which is stored as BFILE Column
just a thought!!!
- satya

[Jamie Robertson]

Originally posted by Madhav Lakkapragada:

LOB
I thought the BFILE was better... http://otn.oracle.com/sample_code/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/files/advanced/BFILESample/README.txt
[b]
architect.gif - Image file which is stored as BFILE Column
just a thought!!!
- satya[/B]

can't say I'm a pro at working with images by any means, but Oracle's JDBC driver provides API to perform selects, updates, inserts and deletes to images from LOB columns. Maybe you could explain to me the differences/advantages of BFILEs over BLOBs as I'm unsure.(or a link would be good too!) If I find any, I'll post them.
Jamie
Jamie

[Jamie Robertson]

found some information:
http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle8i/doc_library/817_doc/java.817/a83724/basic4.htm#1010491
but it still doesn't give differences??
Jamie