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Inserting File Attachments Using XML

There may be times when you have an attachment that you want to insert into the Siebel Database, such as an image file in JPEG format. This could be a customer's picture, a site picture, an item or part image, a text document, and so on.

For integration with external systems using File Attachments, refer to the chapter "Siebel EAI and File Attachments" in Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

For integration between Siebel instances, the support for attachments is built into the Siebel Adapter and the EAI XML Converter. The integration between Siebel instances can occur when generating or reading XML, which is further defined in the next section.

• Generating XML. In the case of the Attachment business component being used, the Siebel Adapter will correctly perform the query. Then, the EAI XML Converter will include the attachment in XML.
• Reading XML. If XML was generated by the EAI XML Converter as described previously, then the EAI XML Converter will read such XML and correctly bring attachments into memory. After which, the Siebel Adapter will insert them into Oracle's Siebel database.