This illustration shows the use case Load a LOB with Data from a BFILE in the External LOB Interface.

To load a LOB with Data from a BFILE, you must select a LOB. You must also 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.

You may optionally close all opened files or close a BFILE.
NOTE:There are two ways to close a BFILE. They are labeled "a" and "b" for reference.