Accessing External LOBs (BFILEs)

To access external LOBs (BFILEs) use one of the following interfaces:

• Precompilers, such as Pro*C/C++ and Pro*COBOL

• OCI (Oracle Call Interface)

• PL/SQL (DBMS_LOB package)

• Java (JDBC)

• Oracle Objects for OLE (OO4O)

  See Also: Chapter 3, "LOB Support in Different Programmatic Environments" for information about the six interfaces used to access external LOBs (BFILEs) and their available functions.