Preface

This guide describes database features that support application development using SecureFiles and Large Object (LOB) data types and Database File System (DBFS). The information in this guide applies to all platforms, and does not include system-specific information.

• Audience
  
• Conventions
  

Audience

This guide is intended for programmers who develop new applications using LOBs and DBFS, and those who have previously implemented this technology and now want to take advantage of new features.

Efficient and secure storage of multimedia and unstructured data is increasingly important, and this guide is a key resource for this topic within the Oracle Application Developers documentation set.

Feature Coverage and Availability

This guide contains information that describes the SecureFiles LOB and BasicFiles LOB features and functionality of Oracle AI Database 26ai.

Prerequisites for Using LOBs

Oracle AI Database includes all necessary resources for using LOBs in an application; however, there are some restrictions as described in the LOB Rules and Restrictions section.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
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italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.