This illustration shows the use case Read Data from the BFILE in the External LOB Interface.

To read data from the BFILE, you must open a BFILE.
NOTE: There are two ways to open a BFILE. They are labeled "a" and "b" for reference.

To open a BFILE, you must initialize a BFILE locator. To initialize a BFILE locator, you must either select a BFILE or specify the BFILE name.