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On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 04:28:40AM -0800, akif noor wrote:
>
> i have created a table having blob object but now i am
> not able to insert a picture into the table. Can you
> send me sql command to insert picture into the table i
> need syntax. i tried through DB2IMAGE but failed to
> insert.
>
> if there is any other method of putting image in the
> table, kindly send me the same
> Akif noor

Programmer's Guide::Large Objects::Built in registered functions

Built in registered functions There are two built-in registered functions, lo_import and lo_export which are convenient for use in SQL queries. Here is an example of their use CREATE TABLE image ( name text, raster oid ); INSERT INTO image (name, raster) VALUES ('beautiful image', lo_import('/etc/motd')); SELECT lo_export(image.raster, '/tmp/motd') from image WHERE name = 'beautiful image';

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Eric G. Miller <egm2(at)jps(dot)net>