Oracle8 Image Cartridge User's Guide
Release 8.0.4
A55713-02

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Preface

1 Introduction

1.1 Image Concepts

1.1.1 Digital Images

1.1.2 Image Components

1.1.3 Interchange Formats

1.1.4 Data Cartridges

1.2 Object Relational Technology

1.2.1 Storing Images

1.2.2 Querying Images

1.2.3 Accessing Images

1.3 Image Methods and Operations

1.3.1 Image Property Extraction

1.3.2 Image Manipulation

1.3.3 Image Copy

2 Using Image Object Types

2.1 Adding Image Types to an Existing Table

2.2 Adding Image Types to a New Table

2.3 Inserting a Row Using BLOB Images

2.4 Populating a Row Using BLOB Images

2.5 Inserting a Row Using BFILE Images

2.6 Populating a Row Using BFILE Images

2.7 Querying a Row

2.8 Copying an Image from a BFILE to a BLOB Type

2.9 Copying an Image from a BLOB to a BLOB Type

2.10 Converting an Image's Format

2.11 Copying and Converting in One Step

2.12 Extend the Cartridge With a New Type

2.13 Use Image Types With Object Views

3 Image Object Types and Procedures

ORDImgB Object Data Type

ORDImgF Object Data Type

copyContent Procedure

process Procedure

processCopy Procedure

setProperties Procedure

A File and Compression Formats

Supported File and Compression Formats A-1

B Installation and Demo

B.1 Installation Procedure

B.1.1 Pre-Installation Decisions

B.1.2 Pre-Installation Steps

B.1.3 Installation Steps

B.2 Demo Program

B.2.1 Demo Installation Steps

B.2.2 Running the Demo

B.3 Image Demo Code Example

C Error Messages

Glossary

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