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ReadChunk Method

Applies To

OraField Object

Description

Returns a String containing the bytes of all or a portion of a LONG or LONG RAW field.

Usage

data_string = orafield.ReadChunk(offset, numbytes, bytesread) 

Arguments

The arguments for the method are:

Arguments	Description
offset	The number of bytes in the field to skip before copying data.
numbytes	The number of bytes to copy.
bytesread	The number of bytes read.

Remarks

The ReadChunk method behaves like the GetChunk method, but it returns the actual number of bytes read in the bytesread argument.

See Also:

• "Migration from LONG RAW to LOB or BFILE"

• GetChunk Method