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Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects (LOBs)
Release 1 (9.0.1)
Part Number A88879-01
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Basic LOB Components
This chapter discusses the following topics:
The LOB Datatype
Internal LOBs
External LOBs (BFILEs)
Internal LOBs Use Copy Semantics, External LOBs Use Reference Semantics
Varying-Width Character Data
LOB Value and Locators
Setting the LOB Column/Attribute to Contain a Locator
Creating Tables that Contain LOBs
Initializing Internal LOBs to NULL or Empty
Initializing Internal LOB Columns to a Value
Initializing External LOBs to NULL or a File Name
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