OCILIB (C and C++ Driver for Oracle)  4.0.0
OCI_File Struct Reference
Data types

Oracle External Large objects: More...

#include <ocilib.h>

Detailed Description

Oracle External Large objects:

The following external Larges Objects are supported:

  • BFILEs : Binary files
  • CFILEs : Character files

FILEs were introduced by OCI8 in order to store references to files located outside the database.

Warning
Only Read-only access is allowed on BFILEs

Two way to use FILEs :

  • within statement context (query, binding)
  • without statement context (server files reading) through OCI_File properties functions