13.1.5 OracleBFile Instance Properties

OracleBFile instance properties are listed in Table 13-8.

Table 13-8 OracleBFile Instance Properties

Properties Description

CanRead

Indicates whether or not the LOB stream can be read

CanSeek

Indicates whether or not forward and backward seek operations can be performed

CanWrite

Indicates whether or not the LOB object supports writing

Connection

Indicates the connection used to read from a BFILE

DirectoryName

Indicates the directory alias of the BFILE

FileExists

Indicates whether or not the specified BFILE exists

FileName

Indicates the name of the BFILE

IsEmpty

Indicates whether the BFILE is empty or not

IsNull

Indicates whether or not the current instance has a null value

IsOpen

Indicates whether the BFILE has been opened by this instance or not

Length

Indicates the size of the BFILE data in bytes

Position

Indicates the current read position in the LOB stream

Value

Returns the data, starting from the first byte in BFILE, as a byte array