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Copy a LOB Locator for a BFILE

Figure 11-25 Use Case Diagram: Copy a LOB Locator for a BFILE


See Also:

"Use Case Model: External LOBs (BFILEs)" for all basic operations of External LOBs (BFILES). 

Purpose

This procedure describes how to copy a LOB locator for a BFILE.

Usage Notes

Not applicable.

Syntax

See Chapter 3, "LOB Programmatic Environments" for a list of available functions in each programmatic environment. Use the following syntax references for each programmatic environment:

Scenario

This example assigns one BFILE locator to another related to Photo.

Examples

The examples are provided in the following five programmatic environments:

PL/SQL: Copy a LOB Locator for a BFILE


Note:

Assigning one BFILE to another using PL/SQL entails using the "=" sign. This is discussed in more detail with regard to "Read-Consistent Locators" in Chapter 5, "Advanced Topics"


/* Note that the example procedure BFILEAssign_proc is not part of the 
   DBMS_LOB package:  */
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE BFILEAssign_proc IS
   Lob_loc1    BFILE;
   Lob_loc2    BFILE;
BEGIN
   SELECT Photo INTO Lob_loc1 FROM Multimedia_tab WHERE Clip_ID = 3
      FOR UPDATE;
   /* Assign Lob_loc1 to Lob_loc2 so that they both refer to the same operating
      system file: */
   Lob_loc2 := Lob_loc1;
   /* Now you can read the bfile from either Lob_loc1 or Lob_loc2. */
END;

C (OCI): Copy a LOB Locator for a BFILE

/* Select the lob/bfile from the Multimedia table */ 
void selectLob(Lob_loc, errhp, svchp, stmthp) 
OCILobLocator *Lob_loc;
OCIError      *errhp; 
OCISvcCtx     *svchp; 
OCIStmt       *stmthp; 
{ 
     OCIDefine *dfnhp;
     text *selstmt = (text *) "SELECT Photo FROM Multimedia_tab \
                                  WHERE Clip_ID = 3";

     /* Prepare the SQL select statement */ 
     checkerr (errhp, OCIStmtPrepare(stmthp, errhp, selstmt,  
                                     (ub4) strlen((char *) selstmt), 
                                     (ub4) OCI_NTV_SYNTAX, (ub4)OCI_DEFAULT)); 
 
     /* Call define for the bfile column */ 
     checkerr (errhp, OCIDefineByPos(stmthp, &dfnhp, errhp, 1,  
                                     (dvoid *)&Lob_loc, 0 , SQLT_BFILE,  
                                     (dvoid *)0, (ub2 *)0, (ub2 *)0, 
                                     OCI_DEFAULT)); 
 
     /* Execute the SQL select statement */ 
     checkerr (errhp, OCIStmtExecute(svchp, stmthp, errhp, (ub4) 1, (ub4) 0, 
                                     (CONST OCISnapshot*) 0, (OCISnapshot*) 0, 
                                     (ub4) OCI_DEFAULT)); 
} 

void BfileAssign(envhp, errhp, svchp, stmthp) 
OCIEnv       *envhp; 
OCIError     *errhp; 
OCISvcCtx    *svchp; 
OCIStmt      *stmthp; 
{ 

   OCILobLocator *src_loc; 
   OCILobLocator *dest_loc; 
 
   /* Allocate the locator descriptors */ 
   (void) OCIDescriptorAlloc((dvoid *) envhp, (dvoid **) &src_loc,
                             (ub4) OCI_DTYPE_FILE,  
                             (size_t) 0, (dvoid **) 0);

   (void) OCIDescriptorAlloc((dvoid *) envhp, (dvoid **) &dest_loc,
                             (ub4) OCI_DTYPE_FILE,  
                             (size_t) 0, (dvoid **) 0);

   /* Select the bfile */ 
   selectLob(src_loc, errhp, svchp, stmthp); 

   checkerr(errhp, OCILobLocatorAssign(svchp, errhp, src_loc, &dest_loc));

   /* Free the locator descriptor */ 
   OCIDescriptorFree((dvoid *)src_loc, (ub4)OCI_DTYPE_FILE); 
   OCIDescriptorFree((dvoid *)dest_loc, (ub4)OCI_DTYPE_FILE); 
}

COBOL (Pro*COBOL): Copy a LOB Locator for a BFILE

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. BFILE-COPY-LOCATOR.
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

       01  USERID         PIC X(11) VALUES "SAMP/SAMP".
       01  BFILE1         SQL-BFILE.
       01  BFILE2         SQL-BFILE.
       01  ORASLNRD       PIC 9(4).

           EXEC SQL INCLUDE SQLCA END-EXEC.
           EXEC ORACLE OPTION (ORACA=YES) END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL INCLUDE ORACA END-EXEC.

       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
       BILFE-COPY-LOCATOR.

           EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR DO PERFORM SQL-ERROR END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL CONNECT :USERID END-EXEC.

      * Allocate and initialize the BFILE locator: 
           EXEC SQL ALLOCATE :BFILE1 END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL ALLOCATE :BFILE2 END-EXEC.
          
           EXEC SQL WHENEVER NOT FOUND GOTO END-OF-BFILE END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL 
                SELECT PHOTO INTO :BFILE1
                FROM MULTIMEDIA_TAB WHERE CLIP_ID = 3 END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQLLOB ASSIGN :BFILE1 TO :BFILE2 END-EXEC.
           
       END-OF-BFILE.
           EXEC SQL WHENEVER NOT FOUND CONTINUE END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL FREE :BFILE1 END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL FREE :BFILE2 END-EXEC.
           STOP RUN.

       SQL-ERROR.
           EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE END-EXEC.
           MOVE ORASLNR TO ORASLNRD.
           DISPLAY " ".
           DISPLAY "ORACLE ERROR DETECTED ON LINE ", ORASLNRD, ":".
           DISPLAY " ".
           DISPLAY SQLERRMC.
           EXEC SQL ROLLBACK WORK RELEASE END-EXEC.
           STOP RUN.

C/C++ (Pro*C/C++): Copy a LOB Locator for a BFILE

#include <oci.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sqlca.h>

void Sample_Error()
{
  EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE;
  printf("%.*s\n", sqlca.sqlerrm.sqlerrml, sqlca.sqlerrm.sqlerrmc);
  EXEC SQL ROLLBACK WORK RELEASE;
  exit(1);
}

void BFILEAssign_proc()
{
  OCIBFileLocator *Lob_loc1, *Lob_loc2;

  EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR DO Sample_Error();
  EXEC SQL ALLOCATE :Lob_loc1;
  EXEC SQL ALLOCATE :Lob_loc2;
  EXEC SQL SELECT Photo INTO :Lob_loc1
           FROM Multimedia_tab WHERE Clip_ID = 3;
  /* Assign Lob_loc1 to Lob_loc2 so that they both refer to the same
     operating system file:  */
  EXEC SQL LOB ASSIGN :Lob_loc1 TO :Lob_loc2;
  /* Now you can read the BFILE from either Lob_loc1 or Lob_loc2 */
}

void main()
{
  char *samp = "samp/samp";
  EXEC SQL CONNECT :samp;
  BFILEAssign_proc();
  EXEC SQL ROLLBACK WORK RELEASE;
}

Java (JDBC): Copy a LOB Locator for a BFILE

import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Types;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

// Oracle Specific JDBC classes: 
import oracle.sql.*;
import oracle.jdbc.driver.*;
public class Ex4_81
{
  public static void main (String args [])
       throws Exception
  {
    // Load the Oracle JDBC driver: 
    DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());

    // Connect to the database: 
    Connection conn =
      DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc:oracle:oci8:@", "samp", "samp");

    // It's faster when auto commit is off: 
    conn.setAutoCommit (false);

    // Create a Statement: 
    Statement stmt = conn.createStatement ();
    try
    {
       BFILE lob_loc1 = null;
       BFILE lob_loc2 = null;

       ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery (
          "SELECT photo FROM multimedia_tab WHERE clip_id = 3");
       if (rset.next())
       {
          lob_loc1 = ((OracleResultSet)rset).getBFILE (1);
       }

       // Assign lob_loc1 to lob_loc2 so that they both refer 
       // to the same operating system file.
       // Now the BFILE can be read through either of the locators: 
       lob_loc2 = lob_loc1;
       stmt.close();
       conn.commit();
       conn.close();
  }
    //catch (SQLException e)
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}


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