OracleBlob Instance Properties
OracleBlob instance properties are listed in Table 13-17.
Table 17 OracleBlob 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 be performed |
| CanWrite | Indicates whether or not the LOB object supports writing |
| Connection | Indicates the OracleConnection that is used to retrieve and write BLOB data |
| IsEmpty | Indicates whether the BLOB is empty or not |
| IsInChunkWriteMode | Indicates whether or not the BLOB has been opened to defer index updates |
| IsNull | Indicates whether or not the current instance has a null value |
| IsTemporary | Indicates whether or not the current instance is bound to a temporary BLOB |
| Length | Indicates the size of the BLOB data |
| OptimumChunkSize | Indicates the optimal data buffer length (or multiples thereof) that read and write operations should use to improve performance |
| Position | Indicates the current read or write position in the LOB stream |
| Value | Returns the data, starting from the first byte in BLOB, as a byte array |